Edward Percy Moran (1862-1935), sometimes known as Percy Moran, was an American artist known for his scenes of American history.
He was born in Philadelphia on 29 July 1862, to Edward Moran, an artist who immigrated to the United States from England.
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.
He was a painter of historical American subjects, and examples of his work are found in many prominent collections.
He died in New York City on 25 March 1935, at age 72.
His brother Leon Moran (born 1864), his uncles Peter Moran (born 1842) and Thomas Moran, and his cousin Jean Leon Gerome Ferris were also prominent American artists.
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