€1,000 - €2,000
Super Star Lot: John Moore (English, 1820-1902). An antique original John Moore oil on canvas painting. Rendered in a Romantic style, the work captures one of Moore's classic seascapes where men push a rowboat out into the roaring waves. Housed in an ornate gilt frame. Moore's work has a rich auction history with similar works selling for £1,350 at Bonhams.
MM: 66cm x 46cm including frame.
John Moore was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk in 1820, John Moore was an apprentice to his father’s business and initially began painting only as a hobby. He was strongly influenced by other members of the Suffolk School such as; Thomas Churchyard and E. R. Smythe who also painted in and around Woodbridge. Moore preferred to paint the East coast, the Suffolk countryside and Scotland. He became an active member of the Ipswich Art Club on its formation in 1875, where he regularly exhibited until a year before his death in 1902.
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