Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore

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Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore (born June 1, 1853 in Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England ; † April 2, 1901 ibid) was an English landscape painter who was also known for his sea paintings and pictures of London .

Life

Moore was the son of art-loving architect Thomas Cooper Moore , who devoted his spare time to founding the Nottingham Society of Artists , painting, and training his two sons in the arts. Claude first trained as a lithographer , but was able to establish himself as a freelance artist in 1880. All three Moores, father Thomas, Claude and his brother Reuben, also known as Rubens, were popular artists who depicted the rapidly changing Great Britain. Her means of expression were pencil, charcoal and red chalk drawings, watercolors and oil paintings.

Claude Moore had a studio in Nottingham, but worked mainly in London from 1882 on . His river pictures or lake pictures from these years show great attention to detail in connection with dramatic lighting effects. His style shows influences from two of his hometown painters, Henry Dawson and William Turner . An example of his work from this period is the painting Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament .

Since 1880, Claude Moore exhibited regularly at the Nottingham Castle Museum and the Nottingham Society of Artists. He died in his hometown at the age of 47.

Works

  • 1875: Sea Port . Oil on canvas, 31 × 46 cm, Rotherham Heritage Services, South Yorkshire, England,
  • 1877: View of Greenwich in 1877 Showing the Training Ship "HMS Warspite" . Oil on canvas, 30.5 × 46.5 cm, National Maritime Museum , Greenwich , London.
  • 1890: The Evening of Trafalgar . Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 76.2 cm Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Nottingham, England.
  • 1896: Torchlight Tatoo of Robin Hood Battalion . Oil on canvas, 35.6 × 35.3 cm, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Nottingham, England.
  • Chepstow . Oil on panel, 15 × 23 cm, Derby Museums and Art Gallery, Derby, England.

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SURNAME Moore, Claude Thomas Stanfield
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English painter, draftsman and watercolorist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1901
Place of death Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England