The Teton Range
Artist: Thomas Moran (American, 1837–1926)
Original Dimensions: 30" x 45"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1897) "The Yellowstone region was one of Moran’s signature subjects and his dazzling watercolors led directly to its designation in 1872 as the first national park. A native of Great Britain, Moran used prismatic color to capture the splendors of the American West—such as this dramatic view of the Tetons, located just south of Yellowstone. For centuries Indigenous communities lived on and cared for this land, yet they are notably absent from Moran’s work. Instead the artist depicted the landscape as an untouched preindustrial paradise—ripe for White settlement and colonization." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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