Thomas Moran (1837-1926) American, Watercolor on Paper Mountain Landscape with Waterfall. Landscape painting or print depicting a dramatic mountain waterfall cascading into a rocky, pine-lined stream beneath a pale blue sky. Signed lower right. Dated 903. Framed.

Overall Size: 27 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 18 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.

Thomas Moran was an influential American painter and printmaker best known for his dramatic landscapes of the American West around the turn of the 20th century. Born in England in 1837 and raised in Philadelphia, Moran became closely associated with the Hudson River School and the Rocky Mountain School of painting. His vivid depictions of places such as Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and the Rocky Mountains combined luminous color, sweeping scale, and romantic atmosphere, helping shape public appreciation of the western frontier. Moran’s paintings played a direct role in the establishment of Yellowstone as the first U.S. national park, and by circa 1900 he was widely regarded as one of America’s foremost landscape artists.

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