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Lithograph Yellowstone Print, L/A Thomas Moran #896415

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Lithograph Yellowstone Print, L/A Thomas Moran #896415
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Beautiful, vibrant lithograph print from Thomas Moran, signed and dated in the plate. </em></td>
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A Lithograph print of Yellowstone from famous listed artist Thomas Moran in gilt wood frame under glass. Signed and dated /96 by the artist in the plate lower right corner.<p>Thomas Moran apprenticed to a Philadelphia wood engraving firm, but by 1858 at the age of twenty-one, he had exhibited an oil painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Encouraged by the marine painter, James Hamilton, Moran traveled to London in 1861, where he was deeply impressed by the dynamic effects and glowing color of J. M. W. Turner. He also visited France and Italy in 1866 to study the Old Masters, but his early American reputation was gained as an illustrator. In 1871 Moran went west with the Hayden Expedition to record the wonders of the Yellowstone area, making annotated drawings and watercolors later used to illustrate articles in the popular press as well as the official report. Moran's watercolors and his very large oil painting, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 84 X 144 inches (1872, National Museum of American Art, lent by the U.S. Department of the Interior), convinced the U. S. Congress to set this area aside as America's first national park.<p>Moran first visited the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in 1873, and the resulting Chasm of the Colorado (1874, National Museum of American Art, lent by the U. S. Department of the Interior) further enhanced his reputation as the preeminent painter of the Southwest. In 1879, Moran traveled to the Tetons, the Sierra Nevada, and to Lake ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good, print has wavy surfaces,frame will show light surface marks.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Contemporary</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:American</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:21</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:28</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Lithograph Yellowstone Print, L/A Thomas Moran</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Realism</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Paper, Wood, Glass</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Art</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Las Vegas, Nevada</td></tr>
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