Artist

Moran, Thomas

1837

1926

American (North American)

American painter, 1837-1926

male

Born 12 January 1837; died 25 August 1926. In 1844, Moran and his family settled in Maryland. Moran began his career in the 1850s as a wood engraver in Philadelphia. In the mid-1850s, he studied painting in Philadelphia under his brother Edward Moran. Moran and his brother travelled to England in 1862 to study painting. In the 1860s, Moran also visited France and Italy. In 1871, Moran accompanied the Geological Survey of Yellowstone National Park, Colorado. In 1872, Moran established himself in New York City. In 1916, Moran moved to Santa Barbara, California. Comment on works: Landscapes

Artist

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

1775

1851

British (modern)

English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851

male

Turner dominated British landscape painting throughout the first half of the 19th century. He established a reputation in the Royal Academy, London, as a topographical watercolorist and painter of Sublime and historical landscapes. Turner's body of work includes around three hundred paintings and over twenty thousand drawings and watercolors, the majority of which were given to the English government upon his death. Comment on works: Marines, views