The Much Resounding Sea
Thomas Moran
1884
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 63.9 x 158.2 cm (25 3/16 x 62 5/16 in.) framed: 80 x 174 x 5.7 cm (31 1/2 x 68 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
Accession Number
1967.9.1
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...