Hot Springs of Gardiner's River, Yellowstone
Thomas Moran
1873
Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on blue paper
Dimensions
image: 25.1 × 36.3 cm (9 7/8 × 14 5/16 in.) mount: 37.8 × 49.6 cm (14 7/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Florian Carr Fund
Accession Number
2012.93.3
About the Artist
Thomas Moran · 1837–1926
Thomas Moran (1837–1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School whose dramatic paintings of the American West played a pivotal role in the creation of the national parks. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he emigrated with his family to Philadelphia as a child. He was largely self-taught, though he apprenticed briefly with a wood engraver and studied the work of J.M.W...