Yellowstone had such a significant impact on Moran that he adopted the signature T-Y-M, Thomas “Yellowstone” Moran. The government purchased Moran’s first large painting, The Grand Canyon of the ...

Before Thomas Moran arrived, Yellowstone in the popular imagination was a harsh, wild place pocked with hellish geysers. After the painter’s work was finished, Yellowstone was established as a ...

Thomas Moran's "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" was bought by Congress in 1872 for $10,000, a huge sum at that time. This and other works of art helped lead to the formation of the park.

Thomas Moran's 1893-1901 canvas, "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone," is impressive not only in terms of its masterful execution and sheer size ...

We are most fortunate to have so many beautiful national parks available to us. In particular, in the western United States. I’ve been blessed to see many of them: Rocky Mountain, Badlands ...

Painter and printmaker Thomas Moran is best known for his depictions of Yellowstone National Park, but it was Arizona's natural wonder, the Grand Canyon, that inspired Moran like nothing else could.

Thomas Moran (English/American, 1837-1926) first sketch in the American West was that of Green River, Wyoming. The area would become a ... In 1872, Yellowstone became the country's first National Park ...

The Denver Art Museum presents the beauty of Yellowstone by one of America’s greatest artists in “Thomas Moran’s Yellowstone: A Project for the Nation.” The exhibit began Oct. 6 and run ...

Described as the "Father of the National Parks," Thomas Moran is widely recognized as being in the forefront of American landscape artists. He created the first paintings of the area ...

Thomas Moran's "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone." Credit: National Parks Service Moran’s paintings of Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons and other now-familiar Western landmarks were also viewed by ...

Thomas Moran (U.S., 1837–1926), The Great Blue Spring of The Lower Geyser Basin from The Yellowstone National Park, and the Mountain Regions of Portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah, 1876 ...

And it turns out Mount Moran is named after a painter named Thomas Moran. Some quick background on Moran. Born in 1837 in the United Kingdom, his family moved to the United States when he was seven.