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thomas moran by napoleon sarony hudson river school , '' rocky mountain school '' 25 august 1926 santa barbara , california , united states bolton , lancashire , england 240px american pennsylvania , usa , born in england , and raised in landscape painting 12 february 1837 signature of thomas moran.jpg portrait of thomas moran by napoleon sarony.jpg thomas moran
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thomas moran

thomas moran -lrb- february 12 , 1837 -- august 25 , 1926 -rrb- from bolton , england was an american painter and printmaker of the hudson river school in new york whose work often featured the rocky mountains .
moran and his family took residence in new york where he obtained work as an artist .
he was a younger brother of the noted marine artist edward moran , with whom he shared a studio .
a talented illustrator and exquisite colorist , thomas moran was hired as an illustrator at `` scribner 's monthly '' .
during the late 1860s , he was appointed the chief illustrator for the magazine , a position that helped him launch his career as one of the premier painters of the american landscape .
moran along with albert bierstadt , thomas hill , and william keith are sometimes referred to as belonging to the `` rocky mountain school '' of landscape painters because of all of the western landscapes made by this group .
