Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone Painting

Coniferous trees dot rocky outcroppings in the foreground and middle distance.

Grand canyon of the yellowstone painting.

We have a painter to thank for. Grand canyon national park grand canyon of the yellowstone grand canyon of yellowstone grand canyon of the east grand canyon village grand canyon state grand canyon of the pacific little grand canyon grand canyon np. Photograph courtesy smithsonian american art museum art resource ny. Magazine the power of parks.

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. More from this artist similar designs. T y m thomas yellowstone moran. 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.

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. 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. This painting by thomas moran depicts the canyon of the yellowstone river s lower falls. We utilize only the finest oil paints and high quality artist grade canvas to ensure the most vivid color.

Department of the interior museum. The river is barely visible snaking from the central portion of the painting toward the lower left. The grand canyon of the yellowstone painting. Thomas moran the grand canyon of the yellowstone 1872 oil on canvas mounted on aluminum.

The grand canyon of the yellowstone a painting by thomas moran. It cost 10 000 or about 8o cents per square inch and it went straight on view in the capitol where the effigies of so many flesh and blood heroes were to be seen.