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LUIS, American painter; born at Montevideo, Uruguay, 1874. Studied at Boston Museum Art School and Art Students' League, New York. At first attracted notice as a magazine illustrator. In 1900 he was commissioned to decorate the public library at Lynn, Mass. He won numerous gold medals for his work: Philadelphia Art Club (1901), Penn. Fine Arts (1902), Hallgarten prize National Academy of Design (1905), Evans prize, Salmagundi, Club (1908), Shaw prize, National Academy (1910). Among his more notable paintings are "Spanish Café" (1906); "After the Bullfight" (1910); "Summer Morning" (1912); "Evening News" (1914). His work shows the influence of the old Spanish masters, but is distinctly modern in treatment. a MORADABAD (mō-rä-dä-bäd'), town of British India, capital of a district, and center of a large trade in country produce; on the Ramganga, 100 miles E. by N. of Delhi. It is noted for its metal-work. Pop. about 81,000.
MORAINE (rān'), in physical geography and geology, the debris of rocks brought into valleys by glaciers. There is always one line of blocks on each edge of the icy stream, and often several in the middle. The former are called lateral, and the latter medial moraines. A large portion of these rocky fragments at length reaches the end of the glacier, which is known as a terminal moraine.