Boston; Hawk's Nest, Moonlight in New York Bay, Winning Yacht, Minot's Ledge Light, Coming Storm over New York Bay (1876); Homeward (1879), H. A. Hurlbut; Queen Shrimper of Boulogne (1880); Return of the Fleet (1881); Foggy Morning—English Channel, T. B. Clarke, New York; Brush-Burning—Long Island (1882); Shrimping on Normandy Coast, Cockle Gathering—South Coast of England (1883); The Sea, Greenport Dock Saturday Afternoon, Crab Catching—Greenport, L. I. (1884); Fishing Boats in Irish Channel, The Departure, Waiting for Dad (1885); Digging for Bait, Coming in from the Fish Pond (1886).—Benjamin, 103; Sheldon, 198.
MORAN, LEON, born in Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1863. Marine painter, son of Thomas
Moran, pupil of his uncle, Edward Moran,
and of the National Academy. Studio in
New York. Works: Borders of the Marne
(1881); Feeding the Fowls (1882); Eel-Fishing—Twilight,
T. B. Clarke, New York;
Mountebanks (1883); Duel, Amateur, Out-*post
(1884); Waylaid (1885); Interrupted
Conspiracy (1886).
MORAN, PERCY, born in Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1862. Genre painter, brother of the
preceding; pupil of his uncle, Edward Moran,
of the Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia,
and of the National Academy, New
York. Studio in New York. Works: Great
Expectations, Sunshine and Shadows (1881);
Good Friends, Old-Time Melody (1882), T.
B. Clarke, New York; Woods in Winter,
Maidenhood (1883); Coquette (1884); Coming
from Church in Old New York (1885);
Divided Attention, I am Ready (1886).
MORAN, PETER, born in Bolton, England,
March 4, 1842. Landscape and animal
painter and etcher, pupil of his brothers
Thomas and Edward. Studied and
sketched in England in 1863. Member of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Received a medal in Philadelphia, 1876, for
fine etchings of animals. Studio in Philadelphia.
Works: Rainy Day, Sunny Slope
(1875); Return of the Herd (1876); Stream
through the Meadow, Country Smithy, Near
the Sea (1880); Corral—New Mexico, Pasture
Land, Going to the Hunt (1881); Snake
Dance at Walpé, Harvesters—San Juan, N.
M. (1882); Down the Arroya to Santa Fé
(1883); Scout on the Teton Basin (1884);
Noonday, On the Downs, The Stable Door
(1886).—Am. Art Rev. (1880), 149; Art
Journal (1879), 26.
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MORAN, THOMAS, born in Bolton, England,
Jan. 12, 1837. Landscape
painter, pupil of his
brother, Edward Moran.
Came to America in 1844.
In 1862 and 1868 studied
and painted in England,
and visited France and
Italy. Accompanied a
Government expedition
to the Yellowstone National
Park in 1871; later
made sketching tours in the Western Territories
and in Mexico. Elected an A.N.A. in
1882; N.A., 1884. Member of Society of American
Artists and of Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts. Studio in New York. Works
in oil: Flight into Egypt (1860); Ripening
of the Leaf (1864); Grand Cañon of the
Yellowstone (1872, Government order);
Chasm of the Colorado (Capitol at Washington),
Mountain of the Holy Cross (1874);
Dream of the Orient (1876); Ponce de Leon—Florida
(1877); Woodland Reflections
(1879); Arkansas Diredo—Rock Mountain
(1880); Green River—Wyoming County,
Pa. (1881); San Juan Abajo—Vera Cruz
(1882); On the Stour in Hampshire—Eng-*ton
Wilson), Market Days in San Juan
Abajo—Mexico (1884); Abandoning Water-Logged
Vessels, Long Island Landscape,
Fingal's Cave, Morning at Vera Cruz (1885).
Water colours: Havana—Cuba, Tower of
Cortez in Mexico, Castle of San Juan
d'Ulloa at Vera Cruz (1884).—Am. Art Rev.
(1880), 151.
MORANDO, PAOLO, born in 1486, died
in 1522. Venetian school; commonly called
Cavazzola. He was the pupil of Domenico,