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more important later works include : Her Orace (1897) ; Schooldays Over (1897) ; Between Two Fires (1898); The Lion of the Hour (1898) ; The Right of Way (1899) ; The Wish (1899) ; Wel- come (1900); An April Shoicer (1901). Hebe- came equally well known as a painter in water- color and in oils and he was elected a member of the American Water-Color society.

MORAN, (John) Leon, artist, was born in Phila- delphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1864; son of Edward and Elizabeth (McManes) Moran. His father came from Lancashire, England, in 1844, lived in Mary- land and in Philadelphia, Pa., and settled in New York in 1876. Leon Moran attended the public schools of Philadelphia, studied art under his father and in the National Academy of Design, accompanying his father to Europe in 1877, and continued his studies in London and Paris. He studied art and the French language at the College Nogent sur Marne, France,and the masterpieces in the galleries of London. He returned to the United States in 1879, established a studio in New York city in 1883, and exhibited frequently at the National Academy of Design and else- where. He wa.s elected a member of the Ameri- can Water-Color society in 1886, and received a gold medal from the Philadelphia Art club. He was married, April 27, 1892, to Helen, daughter of the Rev. J. Nevett Steele, vicar of Trinity church, N. Y. His paintings include : Wayland (1885); An Interrupted Conspiracy (1886) ; An Amateur (1887); T?ie Duel (1887); An Idyl (1888); Eel Fishing W^m) ; Intercepted Dispatches {\m9) -, Madonna and Child (1901) ; Between Two Fires (1902) ; Madonna (19<)2).

MORAN, Mary Nimmo, painter-etcher, was born in Strathaven, Scotland, May 16, 1842 ; daughter of Archibald and Mary (Scott) Nimmo. In 1842, she came to the United States with her parents, who settled in Philadelphia. She attended the public schools and studied painting under Thomas Moran (q.v.), to whom she was married in April, 1862. She accompanied her husband on his visits to Europe and devoted lierself to paint- ing in water-color and oils until 1879, when she temporarily abandoned color for the etcher's tools. She became a fellow of the British Society of Painter-Etchers and a member of the New York Etching club in 1882. Her etchings include : A Qoose Pond, Twilight, The Coast of Florida, Summer at EastJiampton, Under the Oaks, A Windmill and Pond. She died in Easthampton, Long Island, N.Y., Sept. 25, 1899.

MORAN, Peter, artist, was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. March 4, 1842. He came to the United States with his parents in 1844, and settled in Philadelphia, afterward removing to Maryland, where the family continued their busi- ness as hand-loom weavers. He was graduated at

the Harrison grammar school, Philadelphia, in 1857 ; studied art under his brothers. Thomas and Edward, and completed his art studies in England under Sir Edwin Landseer in 1863. He opened a studio in Philadelphia in 1864, became a member of the Artists Fund society of Philadelphia in 1867 ; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1868 ; the Art Club of Philadelphia in 1883 ; pre- sident of the Society of Etchers from its organiza- tion in 1883, and attained prominence as an etcher. He was married. July 7, 1867. to Emily Kelly of Dublin, Ireland, also a painter and etcher. He devoted himself to painting landscapes and ani- mals, and illustrated several stories. Among his paintings are : The Challenge (1879) ; On the Road to Santa Fi (1882) ; Wolves on the Buffalo Trail (1884) ; Puehlo of Zia, New Mexico (1884) ; una Santa Barbara Mission (1886).

MORAN, Thomas, artist, was born at Bolton, Lancashire, England, Jan. 12, 1837. With his parents and brothers Edward and Peter, he came to the United States in 1844, and served an apprenticeship in wood engraving in Philadelphia^ 1853-55, where he made the acquaint- ance of James Hamil- ton, the marine paint- er, under whom he studied. He painted in water colors until

1860. and after that chiefly in oils ; and visited England in

1861, to study the landscapes of J. M. W. Turner in the national gallery, Lon- don. He studied the old masters in France, Italy, Germany and

England, 1867-71, and became well known as a landscape painter and illustrator. He accom- panied the U.S. exploring expedition under Professor Hayden to the Yellowstone country in 1871, and painted a large picture entitled "The Grand Cafton of the Yellowstone." He made a second trip with Major Powell's expedition to the great caflons of the Colorado river in 1873, and painted " The Chasm of the Colorado." These pictures were purchased by congress for $10,000 each and hung in the National capitol. He paint- ed a series of water-color sketches of the Yellow- stone country and the Rocky Mountain scenery for Louis Prang & Company. He v'sited the Yosemite valley in 1872. and while in the Rocky mountains in 1874 made the studies for a large and important picture entitled ♦' The Mountain of the Holy Cross" (1874). for which he received a medal and diploma at the Centennial exposi-

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