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MORAN, (Edward) Percy, artist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 29, 1862; son of Edward and Elizabeth (McManes or McMain) Moran. He early showed a talent for figure painting and studied art under his father, also under his uncle, S. J. Ferris, in Philadelphia, and at the National Academy of Design in New York city. He attended school in Paris, 1874-78, studying art at ths same time; was in London, 1881, studying the English masters of the eighteenth century; especially Reynolds and Gainsborough, and again in Paris, studying the works of modern French masters. Returning to the United States he opened a studio in New York city, making a specialty of female heads and figures. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and received the first prize there in 1886 for Divided Attention. He was married, Dec. 16, 1891, to Virginia Bremond, daughter of Judge F. J. Crosby of El Paso. Texas. His paintings include: A Corner of the Studio (1882); The Wood-Cutter's Daughter (1882); The Duet (1884); Afternoon Tea (1885); The Miller's Daughter (1886); The Dancing Lesson (1887); The Rehearsal for the Ball (1887); A Japanese Fantasy (1888). He made a study of the costumes, manners and customs of the Colonial times, and his best known pictures, which are quiet in character, usually represent love scenes or home life in that period. His A Forgotten Strain received the first gold medal at the American Art association, N.Y., in 1888, for the best figure picture painted in the United States by an artist under thirty-five years old, and was added to the Walters collection, Baltimore. His[p.440] more important later works include: Her Grace (1897); Schooldays Over (1897); Between Two Fires (1898); The Lion of the Hour (1898); The Right of Way (1899); The Wish (1899); Welcome (1900); An April Shower (1901). He became equally well known as a painter in watercolor and in oils and he was elected a member of the American Water-Color society
Contributor: Ann Dolce (47991716) • [email protected]
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VII
page 440
MORAN, (Edward) Percy, artist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 29, 1862; son of Edward and Elizabeth (McManes or McMain) Moran. He early showed a talent for figure painting and studied art under his father, also under his uncle, S. J. Ferris, in Philadelphia, and at the National Academy of Design in New York city. He attended school in Paris, 1874-78, studying art at ths same time; was in London, 1881, studying the English masters of the eighteenth century; especially Reynolds and Gainsborough, and again in Paris, studying the works of modern French masters. Returning to the United States he opened a studio in New York city, making a specialty of female heads and figures. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and received the first prize there in 1886 for Divided Attention. He was married, Dec. 16, 1891, to Virginia Bremond, daughter of Judge F. J. Crosby of El Paso. Texas. His paintings include: A Corner of the Studio (1882); The Wood-Cutter's Daughter (1882); The Duet (1884); Afternoon Tea (1885); The Miller's Daughter (1886); The Dancing Lesson (1887); The Rehearsal for the Ball (1887); A Japanese Fantasy (1888). He made a study of the costumes, manners and customs of the Colonial times, and his best known pictures, which are quiet in character, usually represent love scenes or home life in that period. His A Forgotten Strain received the first gold medal at the American Art association, N.Y., in 1888, for the best figure picture painted in the United States by an artist under thirty-five years old, and was added to the Walters collection, Baltimore. His[p.440] more important later works include: Her Grace (1897); Schooldays Over (1897); Between Two Fires (1898); The Lion of the Hour (1898); The Right of Way (1899); The Wish (1899); Welcome (1900); An April Shower (1901). He became equally well known as a painter in watercolor and in oils and he was elected a member of the American Water-Color society
Contributor: Ann Dolce (47991716) • [email protected]
No Headstone.
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VII
page 440
MORAN, (Edward) Percy, artist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 29, 1862; son of Edward and Elizabeth (McManes or McMain) Moran. He early showed a talent for figure painting and studied art under his father, also under his uncle, S. J. Ferris, in Philadelphia, and at the National Academy of Design in New York city. He attended school in Paris, 1874-78, studying art at ths same time; was in London, 1881, studying the English masters of the eighteenth century; especially Reynolds and Gainsborough, and again in Paris, studying the works of modern French masters. Returning to the United States he opened a studio in New York city, making a specialty of female heads and figures. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and received the first prize there in 1886 for Divided Attention. He was married, Dec. 16, 1891, to Virginia Bremond, daughter of Judge F. J. Crosby of El Paso. Texas. His paintings include: A Corner of the Studio (1882); The Wood-Cutter's Daughter (1882); The Duet (1884); Afternoon Tea (1885); The Miller's Daughter (1886); The Dancing Lesson (1887); The Rehearsal for the Ball (1887); A Japanese Fantasy (1888). He made a study of the costumes, manners and customs of the Colonial times, and his best known pictures, which are quiet in character, usually represent love scenes or home life in that period. His A Forgotten Strain received the first gold medal at the American Art association, N.Y., in 1888, for the best figure picture painted in the United States by an artist under thirty-five years old, and was added to the Walters collection, Baltimore. His[p.440] more important later works include: Her Grace (1897); Schooldays Over (1897); Between Two Fires (1898); The Lion of the Hour (1898); The Right of Way (1899); The Wish (1899); Welcome (1900); An April Shower (1901). He became equally well known as a painter in watercolor and in oils and he was elected a member of the American Water-Color society
Contributor: Ann Dolce (47991716) • [email protected]
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VII
page 440
MORAN, (Edward) Percy, artist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 29, 1862; son of Edward and Elizabeth (McManes or McMain) Moran. He early showed a talent for figure painting and studied art under his father, also under his uncle, S. J. Ferris, in Philadelphia, and at the National Academy of Design in New York city. He attended school in Paris, 1874-78, studying art at ths same time; was in London, 1881, studying the English masters of the eighteenth century; especially Reynolds and Gainsborough, and again in Paris, studying the works of modern French masters. Returning to the United States he opened a studio in New York city, making a specialty of female heads and figures. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and received the first prize there in 1886 for Divided Attention. He was married, Dec. 16, 1891, to Virginia Bremond, daughter of Judge F. J. Crosby of El Paso. Texas. His paintings include: A Corner of the Studio (1882); The Wood-Cutter's Daughter (1882); The Duet (1884); Afternoon Tea (1885); The Miller's Daughter (1886); The Dancing Lesson (1887); The Rehearsal for the Ball (1887); A Japanese Fantasy (1888). He made a study of the costumes, manners and customs of the Colonial times, and his best known pictures, which are quiet in character, usually represent love scenes or home life in that period. His A Forgotten Strain received the first gold medal at the American Art association, N.Y., in 1888, for the best figure picture painted in the United States by an artist under thirty-five years old, and was added to the Walters collection, Baltimore. His[p.440] more important later works include: Her Grace (1897); Schooldays Over (1897); Between Two Fires (1898); The Lion of the Hour (1898); The Right of Way (1899); The Wish (1899); Welcome (1900); An April Shower (1901). He became equally well known as a painter in watercolor and in oils and he was elected a member of the American Water-Color society
Contributor: Ann Dolce (47991716) • [email protected]
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