HENRY MOORE RA RWS (1831-1895)
A Calm Evening - tide down (England, 1875)
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Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated 1875, fully inscribed on the label on the backboard from 4 Sheffield Terrace Kensington
Dimensions
38.00cm high
26.50cm wide
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Exhibition History
Chichester, The Tudor Room, The Bishop's Palace, All for Love - Aspects of love in the art of more than 200 years, Festival Exhibition, July 1994, number 4, illustrated
Description / Expertise
Henry Moore was the elder brother of Albert Joseph Moore and studied under his father William Moore at the York School of Design and at Royal Academy schools. His early landscapes and rural scenes show Pre-Raphaelite influence but about 1857 he turned to marine painting, for which he is best known. He was one of the first painters to try and observe accurately the movement and moods of the sea. In his search for it his technique became fluid and his colours impressionistic. The artist closest to him in technique and ideas is the Scottish painter William MacTaggart. In the 1880's and 90's Moore was regarded as one of England's most important artists and his work was exhibited throughout Europe.
