The Advent of the East End Artists’ Colony
Stop 3: Thomas Moran and Mary Nimmo Moran settle in East Hampton, 1884
Thomas Moran and Mary Nimmo Moran learned of the East End from fellow artists. After renting for several summers they bought land in 1882 and built a home and studio. As Moran continued to travel the globe in search of exotic subjects, East Hampton remained home base. He shipped a gondola from Venice and launched it on a pond near the house, where it became the highlight of frequent gatherings of family and friends. The gondola was said to have once belonged to Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
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- Thomas Moran's Venetian gondola on Hook Pond with George Fowler at the Pole and Moran's daughters, Ruth and Mary, seated.
Photograph courtesy The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia