Monterey from the Hotel Roof; Monterrey, from the Hotel Roof
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
1883
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
watercolor over graphite on paper, heightened with white gouache
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.260 - 0,.264 mm
Machine-made, wove, smooth surface, mixed fiber, light blueish crème in color. The media is located on the smooth side; wire side on verso. Same paper as 0246.816, 0246.818, 1346.802, 1346.814, 1346.823, 1346.829
"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; Artist's color notations and reference notes are present in sketch; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Monterey from the Hotel Roof" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Gray Wall" in center on recto
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M." in upper left on recto; Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran 1883" in lower left on recto
