The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

The Ruby Range, Nevada

1879

Thomas Moran

(American, born England, 1837–1926)
America
watercolor, gouache and graphite
Sheet: 19.6 x 36.2 cm (7 11/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1938.67
Location: Not on view

Description

Thomas Moran is especially well known for his sweeping views of remote areas in the American West. A gifted watercolorist who was deeply influenced by J. M. W. Turner, Moran found a realistic equivalent for the Englishman’s art in the strange hues of the mountains of Wyoming and Nevada, the bubbling springs and vaporous geysers of Yellowstone, and the fantastic rock formations of Arizona. Although he enjoyed dramatic effects, Moran did not exaggerate the spectacular landscapes of the American West; watercolors such as Ruby Range are accurate even in their surprising palettes, achieving an almost visionary intensity.
  • 1927-1927
    (The Milch Galleries, New York, NY, cat no. 21.)
    1927
    (Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles, CA, January 1927, cat. no. 22, sold.)
    1927?-1938
    Henry A. [1856-1917] and Josephine P. [1866-1938] Everett, Cleveland, OH.
    1938-
    Bequest of Josephine P. Everett to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection.
  • Catalogue of pictures of Thomas Moran, N.A.; exhibited under the auspices of the Denver Art League, Christmas, 1892, 1892, File A, No. 88 (C-4), Moran Collection, East Hampton Library, East Hampton, New York. Mentioned, P. 5, No. 53.
    The Milch Galleries, New York, NY. Memorial Exhibition: Water Color Sketches by Thomas Moran, N.A. December 20 - January 8, 1927. No. 21.
    The Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles. CA. Water colors by Thomas Moran, N.A., 1837-1926. January 2 - January 29,1927. No. 22.
    Francis, Henry Sayles, "In Memoriam: Josephine Pettengill Everett 1866-1937," The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art No. 6/part II (June, 1938): 123-130. Mentioned, p. 129.
    “Cleveland: The Latest Additions to the Everett Collection.” Art News 36 Part II, no. 40. (Sep 17, 1938). Mentioned, p. 16
    “A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 31, no. 137 www.jstor.org
    Clark, Carol. Thomas Moran: Watercolors of the American West : Text and Catalogue Raisonné. Austin: Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the University of Texas Press, 1980. pp. 55, 147, no. 191.
    Adams, Celeste, Franklin Kelly, and Ron Tyler. America: Art and the West. [New York]: American-Australian Foundation for the Arts and International Cultural Corporation of Australia; distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, 1986. cat. 28
    Mansfield Art Center (Mansfield, Ohio). The American West from the Long Expedition to the Taos Society of Artists. Exhibition catalogue. The Mansfield Art Center, March 18-April 15, 1990. [Mansfield, Ohio]: [The Center], 1990. no. 40
  • Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
    American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."
    Visions of the American West. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Perth, Australia (December 15, 1986-February 7, 1987); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (co-organizer) (February 23-April 6, 1987).
    America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    The Most Remarkable Scenery: Thomas Moran's Watercolors of the American West. Amon Carter Museum (organizer) (May 23-July 13, 1980); The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 5-October 5, 1980); Yale University Art Gallery (October 23, 1980-January 4, 1981).
    Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-28, 1939).
    Water Colors by Thomas Moran, N.A., no. 6 (as The Smelters, Denver, Colorado). The Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles, CA (January 2 - January 29, 1927). No. 22.
    Memorial Exhibition: Water Color Sketches by Thomas Moran, N.A., no. 53 (as The Smelters, Denver, Col., June 12). The Milch Galleries, New York, NY (December 20, 1926 - January 8, 1927). No. 21
    The Works of Thomas Moran, no. 82 (as The Smelters, Denver). Denver Art League, Denver, CO (December 1892). No. 53.
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