John Lysaught Moore New Zealand, 1897-1965
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About John Moore
Born in 1897, John Moore was a New Zealand artist who studied under Dorothy Richmond and Linley Richardson and later in London and Rome. On his return to New Zealand in the late 1920s, Moore travelled around New Zealand with artist Esmond Atkinson on camping painting trips. Six of his woodcuts were published in the Oxford 'New Zealand Encyclopaedia'.
The total number of works by John Moore offered for sale by auction since 1973 is 250, of which 196 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,600 for (Untitled) 1920 sold by Bay East Auctions in May 2011. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by John Moore are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
John Moore is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 698
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 175
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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