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Thomas Moran
Early Life, Family and Artistic Training Bolton, Lancashire, England, provides the setting for the birth of Thomas Moran on February 12, 1837. He is born to Thomas Moran Sr. and Mary Higson. The family's stability shifts in 1844. At seven years old, Moran leaves his birthplace for the United States, seeking a different life across the Atlantic. The transition to American life leads him to Philadelphia. In 1853, the teenage Moran enter
s an apprenticeship with the wood-engraving firm Scattergood & Telfer. The work is meticulous. He spends his spare time working on watercolors, a practice that begins to pull him away from the rigid demands of engraving. He seeks formal guidance from local painter James Hamilton to refine his developing eye. By 1856, the transition from graphic illustration to fine art is marked by his first oil painting, Among the Ruins There He Linge…