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A long line of artistic trailblazers have been cultivated from the land that sweeps the banks of the Nore over the years. One artist all-too-often left on the m.
A long line of artistic trailblazers have been cultivated from the land that sweeps the banks of the Nore over the years. One artist all-too-often left on the m.
A long line of artistic trailblazers have been cultivated from the land that sweeps the banks of the Nore over the years. One artist all-too-often left on the m.
Featured 19th Century Painter: EDWARD MORAN
February 09, 2021 07:40
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EDWARD MORAN (AMERICAN, 1829 â 1901) BREAKERS AT SUNSET Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 43.5 inches / Signed lower left
Bedford Fine Art Gallery
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, artist Edward Moran immigrated to the United States (Philadelphia) in 1844 with his parents and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. 1845 found him in Philadelphia working in a textile factory. As the story goes, Moran was introduced to Philadelphia artist, James Hamilton, by his supervisor, after being caught drawing instead of minding his loom. In addition to Hamilton, he studied with G. D. Paul Weber, another noted Philadelphia artist. The Moran family of painters included his younger brothers Peter, John, and Thomas and his sons Edward Percy and John Leon Moran. Younger brother Thomas once said that Edward taught the rest of us Morans all we know about art . He shared a Phil