Category: Canyons
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Moran’s Legacy 3: The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone — Text by F.V. Hayden
Mr. Thomas Moran, a celebrated artist, and noted for his skill as a colorist, exclaimed with a kind of regretful enthusiasm that these beautiful tints were beyond the reach of human art.
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A Scene: The Great Falls of the Yellowstone — Washburn, 1870
The water, just before it breaks into spray, has a beautiful green tint, as has also the water in the canyon below. …. The mingling of green water and white spray with the rainbow tints is beautiful beyond description.
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View: Thomas Moran Painted His Impression of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
“He probably would have agreed that seeing the painting was no substitute for the real thing. But then, seeing the real thing is no substituted for the painting.”