14307. (color lithograph) THE LIGHTSHIP by Edward Moran. Copyright 1894 by Montague Marks, New York.
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14307. (color lithograph) THE LIGHTSHIP by Edward Moran. Copyright 1894 by Montague Marks, New York.
- (color lithograph) THE LIGHTSHIP by Edward Moran. Copyright 1894 by Montague Marks, New York. Published as part of The Art Amateur Facsimile Color Studies – No. 264. Edward Moran (American 1829-1901), the oldest of the artistic Moran brothers, was acknowledged as the impetus behind the family’s entry into the art world. “He taught the rest of us Morans all we know about art,” stated his famous younger brother Thomas. During a long and successful career, Edward Moran became a member of the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts and an Associate of the National Academy of Design. After working at a variety of trades, he turned to painting in the early 1850s. The first twenty-seven years of his artistic career were spent in Philadelphia, where he studied painting with the marine painter James Hamilton and with the landscapist Paul Weber. Moran’s training with Hamilton and Weber is clear in New Castle on the Delaware. Stylistically, the painting exhibits the careful details and truth to nature of his more detailed early phase. In 1861, Moran-traveled to London for additional instruction at the Royal Academy, and in 1871 he relocated to the New York area, where he remained for the rest of his life. Seascapes were Morans forte. By the 1880s, the artist was considered such an expert on the subject that his “hints for practical study’ of marine painting were published in the September and November, 1888, issues of the Art Amateur. This large full color lithograph was published by The Art Amateur and depicts a lone lightship being tossed on the sea as the masthead light throws out its beam to passing vessels. Overall good but some serious damage to cloud area and lower margin from poor storage. Still could be matted for framing. (G). $68 Reduced to $20.