Wednesday, May 21, 2014

No.12

Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa  (1884/5)
Thomas Moran 1837-1926


The artist was born in Bolton, England to two handloom weavers. The family emigrated to Philadelphia where Thomas became an apprentice in a wood engraving firm. It was there he began to paint and draw, working as both a watercolourist and an illustrator.

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