Thomas Moran

By T. Wilkins

This extensively revised edition of Thurman Wilkin's masterful & engaging biography-well illustrated in color & black-&-white-draws on new information & recent scholarship to place Thomas Moran more securely in the milieu of the Gilded Age. It also portrays more fully the controversies that surrounded the art of Moran's time, as he became "the Dean of American Painters." The American West was the subject of Thomas Moran's greatest artistic triumphs- Yosemite, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Zion Canyon, the Virgin River, Colorado's Mountain of the Holy Cross, & the Grand Tetons-but his travels with Ferdinand V. Hayden's geological surveys of the Upper Yellowstone were matched by trips to his native Britain & to Venice, Florida, the Spanish Southwest, & old Mexico. These scenes inspired memorable landscapes & seascapes, as did the sojourns of the Moran family in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & East Hampton, Long Island, when they retreated from the demands of the New York art scene. Moran was an artist happy in his work. The New York Times said of the first edition of this unique account of his life, "Moran's mastery comes through clearly & awesomely &, often, pleasurably." Readers will find the new edition equally enjoyable. Thurman, Wilkins, who retired as Emeritus Professor of English at New York's Queen College, was the author of several classic biographies of important western figures. In completing this revised edition, he was assisted by his daughter, Caroline Lawson Hinkley, a professional photographer. William H. Goetzmann, author of the foreword, is Jack S. Blanton, Sr., Professor of History & American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806106832
• ISBN13: 9780806106830
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.