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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
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Keywords (60)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
- •Waterfowl
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Europe
- •Long Island, New York
- •Niagara Falls
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •Lotos Club-
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art School
- •Royal Academy of Arts School (Schools) of London, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Narrative Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club-
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts