Henry Moore was an English

English people

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 marine and landscape painter.

Born in York

York

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, he was a brother of Albert Joseph Moore

Albert Joseph Moore

Albert Joseph Moore was an English painter, known for his depictions of langorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world....

, and the pupil of his father, William Moore. He also studied at the York School of Design and the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

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. At first an excellent animal and landscape painter, he gave himself after 1857 almost entirely to marine subjects. In rendering of wave movement, in veracity of colour and texture, and in subtle atmospheric effects he has few rivals. He was elected an academician in 1893. His works include:

• "The Newhaven Packet" (Birmingham Gallery)
• "Catspaws off the Land" (Tate Gallery, London)
• "Mount's Bay" (1886, Manchester Gallery)
• "Clear Shining after Rain" won the Gran Prix at Paris
  Paris
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  in 1889.

Sources

• The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler