Henry Moore (painter)
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| Born | 7 March 1831 |
| Died | 22 June 1895 (aged 64) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | British Academy |
| Movement | Marine oils |
Henry Moore RA RWS (7 March 1831 in York – 22 June 1895 in Margate) was an English marine and landscape painter.
Life
Moore was born in York, a brother of both Albert Joseph and John Collingham,[1] and the pupil of their father, William Moore.[2]
Henry was educated at York and was taught painting by his father. He entered the
Almost all his early pictures were landscapes, painted in many parts of England, or, about 1856, in Switzerland. It was towards 1870, that he began to devote himself almost exclusively to the marine subjects in which the best work of his maturity was done. He had a profound and scientific knowledge of wave-form, acquired at the cost of exposure in all weathers, and he was generally content to paint the sea itself without introducing ships or human figures. He made his studies chiefly in the English Channel.
He was a fine colourist, and held the foremost rank among English marine painters of his day. Among the most remarkable of his Academy pictures are A White Calm (1858), The Launch of the Lifeboat (1876), now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Cat's-paws off the Land, which was bought out of the funds of the Chautrey Bequest in 1885, and is now at Tate, The Clearness after Rain (1887), which won for the painter the grand prix and legion of honour at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, A Breezy Day in the Channel (1888), Shine and Shower (1889), Summer at Sea (1893), and Britannia's Realm (1880). An exhibition of ninety pictures by Moore, entitled 'Afloat and Ashore,' was held by the Fine Art Society in 1887. The total number of pictures exhibited by Moore was not far short of six hundred. Shortly before his death an exhibition was held at York of the works of the father, William Moore, and his five artist sons, Edwin, William (still living), John Collingham, Henry, and Albert Joseph.[2]
Moore lived for many years at Hampstead, but died at Margate on 22 June 1895. He is buried in the Moore family grave (plot no.28768) on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery with his brother Albert Joseph and adjoining his brother John Collingham and his family.
Family
Moore was married in 1860 to Mary (died 1890), daughter of Robert Bollans of York. He had two daughters by this marriage.[2]
Works
- The Newhaven Packet (1885; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery)
- Catspaws off the Land (1885; Tate, London)
- Mount's Bay (1886; Manchester Art Gallery)
- Clearness After Rain (1887; AlbaCore Capital Group collection) exhibited at 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. There, Moore was awarded a Médaille d’Honneur
- Clear Shining after Rain won the Gran Prix at Paris in 1889.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dodgson, Campbell (1901). "Moore, Henry (1831-1896)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Moore, Henry (1831–1896)". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- 67 artworks by or after Henry Moore at the Art UK site
- The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
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