Grand+canyon+of+the+Yellowstone+(1893-1901),+The

Date: 1893-1901
 * [[image:1928.7.1_1c.jpg width="335" height="196" link="@http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=17831"]] || Title: **The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone**

Artist: **Thomas Moran** Born: Bolton, England 1837 Died: Santa Barbara, California 1926

Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 96 1/2 x 168 3/8 in. (245.1 x 427.8 cm.) Remarks: Frame: 188 x 116 1/4 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of George D. Pratt

Accession: 1928.7.1 || Thomas Moran's vision of the Western landscape was critical to the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Moran's pencil and watercolor field sketches and paintings captured the grandeur and documented the extraordinary terrain and natural features of the Yellowstone region. Moran's artwork was presented to members of Congress by park proponents. At the request of American financier Jay Cooke, and at his own expense, Moran agreed to join the survey team of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 in their exploration of the Yellowstone region. During forty days in the wilderness area, Moran visually documented over 30 different sites and produced a diary of the expedition's progress and daily activities. His sketches, along with photographs produced by survey member William Henry Jackson, captured the nation's attention and helped inspire Congress to establish the National Park System in 1916.
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Thomas Moran Info Sheet
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