"I was never under any master."

Thomas Moran's independent approach to landscape painting

I liked Thomas Moran’s landscape paintings even before I realized he was self-taught.

He said: “You can’t teach an artist much how to paint. You can tell him what not to do, but if he has any ability, it will work out.”

He revered nature and had a unique approach to interpreting it. Most of his studio paintings were painted in oil, but he also painted in …