Thomas Moran

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Thomas Moranas (1837–1926) buvo vienas žymiausių Amerikos tapytojų, grafikų ir akvarelininkų. Jį siejo glaudūs ryšiai su Hadsono upės mokykla, garsėjusia įspūdingais Amerikos gamtos peizažų atvaizdais. Moranas tapo vienu svarbiausių XIX amžiaus JAV kraštovaizdžio tapybos atstovų.

Išskirtinumą Moranui suteikė jo darbai, kuriuose atvaizduotas Uolinių kalnų regionas. Jo paveikslai, ypač vaizduojantys Jeloustouno parką ir Didįjį kanjoną, padarė reikšmingą įtaką kuriant pirmuosius nacionalinius parkus Amerikoje. Detalūs, spalvų turtingi ir efektingi Morano paveikslai supažindino platesnę visuomenę su Vakarų gamtos grožiu.

Moranas gyveno Niujorke, kur savo namus dalijosi su žmona Mary Nimmo Moran, žinoma grafike, ir dukra Ruth. Jų šeima tapo ryškiu menininkų bendruomenės nariu ir įkvėpė kitus kūrėjus šiame mieste.

JAV menui Moranas paliko neįkainojamą palikimą. Jo darbai iki šiol eksponuojami svarbiausiose muziejų salėse, o jo vardas neatsiejamas nuo Amerikos peizažinės tapybos klestėjimo laikotarpio. Jo kūryba išreiškia gilią pagarbą gamtai ir jos didybei.

Thomas Moran

Venice from the Tower of San Giorgio (1900)

Valley of the Babbling Waters, Southern Utah (1876_1875)

Toltec Gorge and Eva Cliff from the West, Colorado (1892)

Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory (ca. 1861–1897)

The Towers of Tower Falls, Yellowstone (ca. 1875)

Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park (1873)

An Indian Paradise (Green River, Wyoming) (1911)

The Mosquito Trail, Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Elevation 12,000 Feet (ca. 1875)

A Passing Shower in the Yellowstone Cañon (1903)

Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone (1872)

Lower Yellowstone Range (1875)

The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park (1874)

Head of Yellowstone River (ca. 1875)

A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo (1885)

A View of Venice (1891)

The Lagoon Looking toward Santa Maria della Salute (1894)

Sunset Cloud, Green River, Wyoming (1917)

Cliffs Of The Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory (1882)

A Side Canyon, Grand Canyon of Arizona (1915)

Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park (1893)

The Tetons, Idaho (1879)

Alpine Landscape (1867)

The Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado (1875)

Yellowstone, Hot Springs (1892)

Head of Yellowstone River (1875)

Index Peak, Clark’s Fork, Wyoming (1892)

The Great Salt Lake of Utah (1875)

Under The Trees (1882)

Yellowstone Lake (1875)

Hot Springs of Gardiner’s River, Yellowstone (1873)

Minerva Terrace, Yellowstone (1872)

The Great Blue Spring of the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone (ca. 1875)

Hot Springs of Gardiner’s River, Yellowstone (ca. 1875)

Entrance To The Grand Canal, Venice (1915)

The Upper End of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, near Ogden, Utah (1879)

Rainbow Over The Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone (1900)

Hot Springs of Gardiner’s River, Yellowstone (1875)

The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone (ca. 1875)

The Towers of Tower Falls, Yellowstone (1875)

Valley of Babbling Waters, Southern Utah (ca. 1875)

Lower Yellowstone Range (ca. 1875)

Study, Ruxton, Colorado (1901)

The Receding Wave (1909)

Grand Canyon of the Colorado River

Toltec Gorge, Colorado (1881)

The Musquito Trail, Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Elevation 12,000 Feet (1875)

Tower at Tower Falls, Yellowstone (1872)

Great Falls of Snake River, Idaho Territory (ca. 1876)

Old Castle Geyser (ca. 1874)

The Juniata,Evening (1864)

Smelting Works at Denver (1892)

Mountain Scene (c. 1865)

Valley of the Catawissa in Autumn (circa 1862)

Reception of Dominique de Gourgues by the Indians ( 1877)

The Ruby Range, Nevada (1879)

Hacienda on the Lerma River, San Juan, Mexico (1892)

The Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado (ca. 1876)

Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone (ca. 1875)

The Cañon Of The Belle Fourche, Wyoming (1892)

View of Venice (1888)

The Much Resounding Sea (1884)

Grand Canyon, Colorado River (1915)

On the Lookout. – A Ute. Camp, Utah. (1881) (ca. 1861–1897)

Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah

Great Falls of Snake River, Idaho Territory (1876)

Near San Francisco, Mexico (1883)

Fort George Island, Florida (1878)

St. Paul’s from Under Waterloo Bridge, Low Tide (1862)

The Dell (1878)

Twilight Landscape (Flight Into Egypt) (1878)

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone (1872)

Mountain of the Holy Cross (1890)

The Great Salt Lake of Utah (ca. 1875)

Summit of the Sierras, Nevada (ca. 1876)

The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone (1875)

Bringing Home the Cattle – Coast of Florida (1879)

Hot Springs of the Yellowstone

Zoroaster Peak (Grand Canyon, Arizona) (1918)

Green River, Wyoming Territory (1879)