Canon of the Yellowstone, Montana; Canon of the Yellowstone, Montana. 1870
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
1870
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
watercolor, ink, graphite and white gouache on paper
Paper/Support:
Portrait; single-sided
Primary support is adhered to secondary; secondary: 1.632-1.640 mm
The primary support is grey, wove. The media is located on the wire side of paper. Adhered to a thick cream, layered millboard.
"Thomas Moran, landscape painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer. Born February 12, 1837, at Bolton Lancashire (England) accompanied his family to Maryland in 1844, and studied painting with his brother Edward in Philadelphia during the mid-1850. In 1862 the two Moran’s' went to England for further study and came under the influence of Turner. Thomas visited Europe again in the same decade and several times in the later years. His fame rests largely on his large paintings of scenes in the Far West, including Yellowstone Park, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. His home was in Philadelphia until 1872 when he moved to Newark (N.J.) and shortly after to NYC. In 1916 he moved to Santa Barbara (Cal.) where he died on August 26, 1926."
Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed in print in ink, "Caven of the Yellow Stone, Montana." in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Caven of the Yellow Stone Montana" in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in ink, "T.MORAN" in lower right on recto
