Grand Canyon, Colorado River

1915

Thomas Moran was the rockstar of American landscape painting, famously traveling with the US Geological Survey to help convince Congress to create Yellowstone National Park. In this 1915 masterpiece, he captures the Grand Canyon's sheer scale with dramatic flair, showing sunlight piercing through a stormy sky to illuminate the massive red rock formations. The misty depths and rugged foreground trees make you feel like you're standing right on the precipice, peering into the vast, colorful abyss.

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