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Highlights: "Thomas Moran & the 'Big Picture'"
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"The Chasm of the Colorado" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1873-1874, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84.375" x 144.75")
"The Chasm of the Colorado" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1873-1874, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84.375" x 144.75")
Thomas Moran accompanied a portion of John Wesley Powell's survey expedition in July 1873 to the Grand Canyon with the intention of creating a companion piece to his acclaimed 1872 painting of Yellowstone. The result is Chasm of the Colorado, completed in 1874.
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"The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1872, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84" x 144.25")
"The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1872, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84" x 144.25")
Thomas Moran completes this painting in 1872, inspired by the scenes he has witnessed in Yellowstone in the summer of 1871 while serving as the guest artist on a portion of Ferdinand Hayden's government-sponsored geological and geographical survey of the Western Territories.
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"The Chasm of the Colorado" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1873-1874, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84.375" x 144.75")
"The Chasm of the Colorado" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1873-1874, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84.375" x 144.75")
Thomas Moran accompanied a portion of John Wesley Powell's survey expedition in July 1873 to the Grand Canyon with the intention of creating a companion piece to his acclaimed 1872 painting of Yellowstone. The result is Chasm of the Colorado, completed in 1874.
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"The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1872, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84" x 144.25")
"The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 1872, oil on canvas mounted on aluminum (84" x 144.25")
Thomas Moran completes this painting in 1872, inspired by the scenes he has witnessed in Yellowstone in the summer of 1871 while serving as the guest artist on a portion of Ferdinand Hayden's government-sponsored geological and geographical survey of the Western Territories.