Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone Painting

Thomas moran the grand canyon of the yellowstone 1872 oil on canvas mounted on aluminum smithsonian american art museum lent by the department of the interior museum l 1968 84 1.

Grand canyon of the yellowstone painting.

The grand canyon of the yellowstone painting. Thomas moran the grand canyon of the yellowstone 1872 oil on canvas mounted on aluminum. Photograph courtesy smithsonian american art museum art resource ny. Coniferous trees dot rocky outcroppings in the foreground and middle distance.

History of grand canyon of the yellowstone the grand canyon of the yellowstone became the first american landscape by an american artist ever bought by the american government. Our artists start with a blank canvas and paint each and every brushstroke by hand to re create all the beauty and details found in. Magazine the power of parks. Department of the interior museum.

This painting by thomas moran depicts the canyon of the yellowstone river s lower falls. We have a painter to thank for. The river is barely visible snaking from the central portion of the painting toward the lower left. The grand canyon of the yellowstone a painting by thomas moran.

We utilize only the finest oil paints and high quality artist grade canvas to ensure the most vivid color. Just one year after his introduction to the area moran captured the imagination of the american public with his first enormous painting of a far western natural wonder the grand canyon of the yellowstone which the government purchased in 1872 for 10 000. The grand canyon of the yellowstone by thomas moran is a 100 hand painted oil painting reproduction on canvas painted by one of our professional artists. He even adopted a new signature.

Moran was invited on the hayden geological survey of 1871 a westward journey sponsored by the us geological survey that traveled to the northwest region of wyoming and sparked the conservation of yellowstone. More from this artist similar designs.