The artwork “Pine Buttes, Wyoming” by Thomas Moran, completed in 1914, is an oil painting on canvas that measures 36.2 x 71.76 cm. This piece belongs to the Romanticism art movement and depicts a landscape scene. Currently, the artwork is housed in the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas.
The artwork captures a dramatic and rugged landscape dominated by towering, reddish rock formations against an impending stormy sky. The play of light and shadow across the buttes and valleys creates a sense of depth and movement, emphasizing the vastness and wild beauty of the Wyoming terrain. Small figures on horseback can be seen traversing the landscape, adding a narrative element and human scale to the composition. The detailed rendering of the natural features, combined with the atmospheric effects, evokes a sense of awe and admiration for the untamed wilderness.
