THOMAS

See also:

• MORAN, EDWARD (1829–1901)
• THOMAS MORAN (1837– )

MORAN (1837– )  , American artist, was born at Bolton, Lancashire, England, on the 12th of January 1837, and emigrated with his parents to America in 1844, the family settling in Philadelphia . After having been apprenticed for some years to a wood-engraver, he studied under his brother Edward and under James Hamilton, in Philadelphia, and later studied in London, Paris and Italy . In 1871 he accompanied Professor F . V . Hayden's exploring expedition to the Yellowstone, and in 1873 he went down the Colorado with Major J . W . Powell's famous exploring party; and on these two trips he made sketches for two large pictures, " The Grand Canon of the Yellow-stone " and " Chasm of the Colorado River," both of which were bought by the United States government and are now in the Capitol at Washington . He became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1884 and of the American Water Color Society . His wife, Mary Nimmo Moran (1842–1899), who was born in Strathaven, Scotland, and emigrated to America in 1852, was also an artist, and was particularly prominent as an etcher .