Thomas Moran
By: Nancy K. Anderson ; with contributions by Thomas P. Bruhn, Joni L. Kinsey, and Anne Morand.
Contributors: Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art.; Seattle Art Museum.
Publisher: National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926 -- Exhibitions
Description: This lavishly illustrated book - a survey of Moran's work throughout his career - presents nearly one hundred of his works, reproduced in color, along with essays by leading authorities that explore his virtuosity in various fields.

The book begins with four interpretive biographical essays by Nancy K. Anderson that introduce sections of color plates of works from the major periods in Moran's professional career. A fully illustrated chronology of Moran's life and work accompanies this presentation. Thomas P. Bruhn then discusses Moran's etchings, engravings, and lithographs, and Joni L. Kinsey describes Moran's career as an illustrator.

The book also includes three appendices that reproduce, for the first time, a portfolio of fifteen views commissioned by the Prang Chromolithographic Company; Moran's "Opus List"; and a firsthand account of Moran's 1873 trip to the Grand Canyon, written by Justin E. Colburn, a New York Times correspondent.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-398) and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Sept. 28, 1997-Jan. 11, 1998; the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Feb. 8-May 10, 1998; and the Seattle Art Museum, June 11-Aug. 30, 1998.