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ID: 500015257
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500015257
 
Record Type: Person
Moran, Thomas (American painter, 1837-1926)

Note: Born 12 January 1837; died 25 August 1926. In 1844, Moran and his family settled in Maryland. Moran began his career in the 1850s as a wood engraver in Philadelphia. In the mid-1850s, he studied painting in Philadelphia under his brother Edward Moran. Moran and his brother travelled to England in 1862 to study painting. In the 1860s, Moran also visited France and Italy. In 1871, Moran accompanied the Geological Survey of Yellowstone National Park, Colorado. In 1872, Moran established himself in New York City. In 1916, Moran moved to Santa Barbara, California. Comment on works: Landscapes

Names:
Moran, Thomas (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
Thomas Moran (V,display)
Moran (LU,U)
thos. moran (LU,U)
Yellostone Moran, Thomas (LU,U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
British (modern)
English

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
printmaker
etcher
lithographer
wood engraver
illustrator
photographer
landscapist
engraver (printmaker)
watercolorist
draftsman

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Bolton (Bolton, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara county, California, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   ca. 1850-1872  Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)
active:   1860s  Europe (World) (continent)
active:   1871  Colorado (United States) (state)
active:   1872-1916  New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)
active:   1916-1926  Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara county, California, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
sibling of ....  Moran, Edward  
..................  (American painter, 1829-1901) [500018805]
spouse of ....  Moran, Mary Nimmo  
................  (American etcher and landscapist, 1842-1899) [500015046]
uncle/aunt of ....  Moran, Edward Percy  
........................  (American painter, 1862-1935) [500005557]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Moran, Thomas (I)

Biographies:
(American painter, 1837-1926) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American artist, 1837-1926) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, 1837-1926) ..... [WCI]
(American painter, 1837-1926) ..... [BHA]
(American and English painter, etcher, lithographer, wood engraver, illustrator and photographer; born Bolton (Lancashire, now Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom), 1837; died Santa Barbara (California, United States), 1926) ..... [CCA]
(American, 1837-1926) ..... [GRLPA]
(American painter, 1837-1926) ..... [PROV]
(American artist, 1837-1926) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American painter, 1837-1926) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1837-1926) ..... [GRL]
(American artist, 1837-1926) ..... [PROV]
(American artist) ..... [PROV]
(English book illuminator, 1837-1926) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Moran ........ [PROV]
.............  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Moran, Thomas ........ [BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
............................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80034209
............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
............................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
............................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
............................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 57602
............................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
............................  Witt Library, Authority files
Thomas Moran ........ [CCA, PROV, VP]
..........................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
thos. moran ........ [PROV]
......................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Yellostone Moran, Thomas ........ [PROV]
.................................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........ [BHA, CCA, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006)
....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Fielding, Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, Engravers (1987)
....................  Finkel, Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (1980) 22
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n80034209
....................  Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n80034209
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (1957)
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 57602
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q983441
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [CCA, PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
.......... Fielding, Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, Engravers (1987)
.......... New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (1957)
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
.......... Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
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