Frank Montague Moore
“Moore was born in Taunton, England in 1877 and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and the Royal Institute before immigrating to the U.S. in 1903. By 1910, he had established himself as a painter in New York where he studied with Henry Ward Ranger” (1).
“In that year moved to Hawaii where he later served as director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts” (2).
“Perhaps his cosmopolitan view attracted the attention of the Cooke family, who were patrons and promoters of the arts in Honolulu at the time. In any event, they chose him to be the first director of the Honolulu Museum of Art in 1925. His first act was to change the name of the museum to the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, to reflect its mission as an educational institution as well. Ironically, Moore resigned from his position in 1927, before the Academy building was completed.
“Not just an administrator, Moore was a painter noted for his use of color and his moon light scenes. He did a series of murals of moonlit seascapes for the Blaisdell Hotel in Honolulu, and exhibited several paintings with similar themes in Maui in 1923. Maui was a magnet for Moore; he traveled there several years in a row both to exhibit and to sketch for future paintings” (1).
“In 1928 he sailed for California and worked briefly in Pasadena and San Francisco before settling in Carmel. He specialized in poetic depictions of the coast and scenic spots on the Monterey Peninsula. His best known work is the Picture Bridge, a series of 41 murals in the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena” (3).
“Moore died in Carmel on March 5, 1967” (2).
Reference:
1.
Nelson, S. Frank Moore [internet]. [cited 2015 May 22]. Available from: http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Frank_Montague_Moore/2216/Frank_Montague_Moore.aspx
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Hughes, E. Frank Montague Moore [internet]. [cited 2015 May 22]. Available from: http://www.calart.com/Data/Artists/Frank_Montague_Moore.asp
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Hughes, E. Frank Montague Moore [internet]. [cited 2015 May 22]. Available from: http://www.edanhughes.com/biography.cfm?ArtistID=461