Sunset on New York Bay, 1877
Type:Painting
Year:1877
Size:34.00" x 63.75"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Signed and dated lower left: Moran. 1877.
Edward Moran ART FOR SALE
1829 Bolton, England - 1901 New York City. Known for: Seascape painting, specialty-landscapes.
Born in England, Edward Moran is best known for his marine paintings, and is credited with the Moran family's entry into the art world. His family immigrated to Maryland in 1844 from Lancashire,... Read full biography
Born in England, Edward Moran is best known for his marine paintings, and is credited with the Moran family's entry into the art world. His family immigrated to Maryland in 1844 from Lancashire, England, where his father was a hand loom weaver. Edward, who was one of twelve children, left home to... Read full biography
Born in England, Edward Moran is best known for his marine paintings, and is credited with the Moran family's entry into the art world. His family immigrated to Maryland in 1844 from Lancashire, England, where his father was a hand loom weaver. Edward, who was one of twelve children, left home to work in a cotton factory in Philadelphia. He impressed his employer with the large, wall-sized, sketches he did, and was encouraged to pursue art as a career. He and his brother studied and shared a... Read full biography
Born in England, Edward Moran is best known for his marine paintings, and is credited with the Moran family's entry into the art world. His family immigrated to Maryland in 1844 from Lancashire, England, where his father was a hand loom weaver. Edward, who was one of twelve children, left home to work in a cotton factory in Philadelphia. He impressed his employer with the large, wall-sized, sketches he did, and was encouraged to pursue art as a career. He and his brother studied and shared a studio in Philadelphia and then both returned for a time to England. There copying the paintings of J M W Turner heavily influenced them. In the mid-1850s, when Philadelphia was experiencing the peak of the U.S. clipper ship production, Edward was... Read full biography
Born in England, Edward Moran is best known for his marine paintings, and is credited with the Moran family's entry into the art world. His family immigrated to Maryland in 1844 from Lancashire, England, where his father was a hand loom weaver. Edward, who was one of twelve children, left home to work in a cotton factory in Philadelphia. He impressed his employer with the large, wall-sized, sketches he did, and was encouraged to pursue art as a career. He and his brother studied and shared a studio in Philadelphia and then both returned for a time to England. There copying the paintings of J M W Turner heavily influenced them. In the mid-1850s, when Philadelphia was experiencing the peak of the U.S. clipper ship production, Edward was influenced by James Hamilton, a prominent Irish-born marine painter, and also by landscapist Paul Weber... Read full biography
Edward Moran - Art for Sale (7 available)
The Homecoming
Type:Painting
Size:22.00" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Known for his silvery tonalities and loose accents of light, Moran developed a style rooted in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English painting and Dutch marine traditions. While he also painted historical subjects, seascapes were his greatest strength.
'Cliff in a Storm'
Type:Painting
Year:N/A
Size:27.00" x 24.00" x 3.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Edition:N/A
Notes:
Artist, Year, Title: Edward Moran, (1829-1901), 'Cliffs in a Storm'. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 19.5'' x 16''. 27'' x 24''. Condition: Good overall. Provenance: In Private Collection by recent inheritance. The painting is in overall good condition, consistent with age and wear.
Fishing Boats at Sunset
Type:Painting
Size:20.50" x 30.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Known for his silvery tonalities and loose accents of light, Moran developed a style rooted in seventeenth and eighteenth-century English painting and Dutch marine traditions. While he also painted historical subjects, seascapes were his greatest strength.
PURITAN vs GENESTA, America's Cup 1885
Type:Painting
Year:1885
Size:20.25" x 30.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
An outstanding and historic view of the America's Cup Race of 1885. In period frame and in excellent condition. 32 5/8 x 42 5/8 in. framed
View of Jersey City from New York Harbor
Type:Painting
Size:28.00" x 44.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Front
Notes:
Important painting by Edward Moran. One of his best, early works.
Children of the Seashore (St. Augustine, Fl)
Type:Painting
Year:ca. 1860-1865
Size:11.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
This is an exceedingly rare painting of a Minorcan family at St. Augustine, Florida. It comes with a nine page letter from Gary Libby, art historian, and former director of Daytona Museum of Art. It is an important documentation of Florida history. Included are infrared images of painting.