Thomas Moran Grand Canyon Polychrome Lithograph Stretched On Canvas Framed

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As Found in a Sacramento Estate
A Vintage Polychrome lithograph on canvas by Thomas Moran titled “The Grand Canyon”
The original oil painting is housed in the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Born February 12, 1837, Moran, a second-generation Hudson River School painter was one of the premier painters of the American landscape, in particular, the American West, known as The Hudson River School, a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism.
Following the death of his wife, Moran frequently spent his winters at the Grand Canyon with his daughter Ruth, exchanging the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad paintings to be used in promotional graphic design work for train tickets and lodgings. This arrangement allowed Moran to continue traveling to a place he found so inspiring.
These expeditions became annual affairs with William H. Simpson, chief of the Atchison Topeka and and Santa Fe railway's advertising department in charge. Simpson developed the policy of utilizing paintings in the company's advertising. Simpson arranged the three- to four-week-long excursions, and enticed Moran and other painters to join them. The related, but independently operated, Fred Harvey Company provided food and lodging for the expeditions and later became a patron as well. Moran produced some of his most famous works on these forays and made numerous independent trips from 1907 until 1917. Simpson became a family confidant of the Morans and made their travel arrangements, paid their Fred Harvey bills.
These annual visits produced numerous drawings, paintings, and lithographs for museums, magazines, and books, all glorifying the majesty of the West, the railway, and the food and lodging provided by Fred Harvey.
Dimensions:
Frame: 36" x 30"
Stretcher: 30" x 24"
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