{{other people|Edward Moran}} {{Short description|American artist (1862–1935)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Edward Percy Moran | image = Edward Percy Moran.png | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1862|07|29}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|03|25|1862|07|29}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | field = Painting | training = {{Plainlist| * Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts * National Academy of Design }} | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = First Hallgarten Prize (1886) }}
'''Edward Percy Moran''' (1862–1935), sometimes known as '''Percy Moran''', was an American artist known for his scenes of American history.
==Early life and education== He was born in Philadelphia on July 29, 1862, to Edward Moran, an artist who immigrated to the United States from England.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tt4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA367 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=X |publisher=J. T. White Company |page=367 |year=1900 |access-date=2020-07-24 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
Moran studied under his father and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the National Academy of Design in New York City.
== Career == He was a painter of historical American subjects, and examples of his work are found in many prominent collections.
==Death== He died in New York City on March 25, 1935, at age 72.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56001320/edward-percy-moran-dies/ |title=Edward Percy Moran Dies |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=New York |agency=Associated Press |page=26 |date=1935-03-26 |access-date=2020-07-24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
His brother Leon Moran<ref name="Artist">[https://www.bedfordfineartgallery.com/leon_moran_creek.html Artwork by Leon Moran]</ref> (born 1864), his uncles Peter Moran (born 1842) and Thomas Moran, and his cousin Jean Leon Gerome Ferris were also prominent American artists.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CeYBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22percy+moran%22+1862 ''School Education Published by School Education Co.'']'' (1898), Item notes: v. 17''</ref>
==Images== <gallery> File:A fair Puritan.jpg|''A Fair Puritan'' File:Mayflower compact.jpg|''Signing the Mayflower Compact'', ca. 1900, now in the collection of the Pilgrim Hall Museum File:Battle of bunker hill by percy moran.jpg|''Battle of Bunker Hill'' File:RossBetsy.jpg|''The Birth of Old Glory'' (1917) File:George Washington Farewell Address by Edward Percy Moran.jpg|''George Washington's Farewell Address'' File:Battle of New Orleans.jpg|Battle of New Orleans (1910). Held in the Library of Congress </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Edward Percy Moran}} *[http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/5aa/5aa311.htm ''"The Moran Family of Painters: Edward, Leon, Thomas, Mary & Peter Moran"''] mort en 1952
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