A Harbor
Classification
seascapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Thomas Moran
Accession Number
1917-17-42
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Thomas Moran’s *A Harbor* (1878) invites visitors into the luminous world of a 19th-century seascape, crafted by one of America’s foremost landscape painters. Born in Britain in 1837 and later emigrating to the United States, Moran became a central figure in the Hudson River, celebrated for his romantic depictions of nature’s grandeur. This work, classified as a seascape and housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, exemplifies his ability to evoke the drama of water and sky, likely drawing from his European roots and admiration for J.M.W. Turner’s atmospheric effects. Created during Mor...