San José, beyond Maravatio.; San José, beyond Maravatio
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
February 13, 1883
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
watercolor and graphite with white gouahce on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.274- 0.275 mm
Machine-made, wove, slightly texture surface, mixed fiber, light blue in color. The drawing is located on the smooth side of the support; wire side on verso. Same paper as 1346.803.
"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 by hand in pencil, "San José, beyond Maravatio. Feb 13th 1883" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "88" in upper left on recto
Signed by hand in black ink with colophon, "TM. 1883" in lower left on recto; Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran" in lower right on recto
