Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore (1 June 1853From Free BMD Index 1837-1915, Births: Tom Claude Stanfield Moore; Date of registration: April, May or June 1853; Nottingham, Vol. 7b, Page: 228. Claude's birth day comes from "The Directory of Modern British Painters". – 2 April 1901From Free BMD Index 1837-1915, Deaths, Date of registration: Apr-May-Jun 1901; Age at Death: 47 Registration district: Nottingham; Volume: 7b; Page:195. The date of death comes from "Artists of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire".) was a British artist from

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who flourished from 1876Nottinghamshire Weekly Guardian, 04/08/1876 "Sale of Samual Parrott (dec'd)'s, paintings including some by Moore Snr. and Moore Jnr., auctioned in the Exchange and Mart auction rooms." until his death in 1901. He was initially a landscape artist, but became better known for his maritime scenes and views over the Thames.

Biography

Moore initially earned a living as a lithographic draftsman,Article about T. C. Moore and his son Claude, by Andy Smart of the ''Nottingham Post'', 22 Feb. 2012, relating to a picture due to be auctioned, which may be availabl
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"Claude Thomas S. Moore", biography by Bruce Fearn, Nottingham Evening Post, 11 May 1996. until, at the age of 27, he was able to support himself as an independent artist and from about 1880, exhibited his work regularly at the Nottingham Castle Art Museum, the

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and at other towns in the region."Fair Day in the Morledge" exhibited in 1882, by T. C. Moore: ''

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'' 31-05-1882. Available from the "19th Century British Library Newspapers" archive, which can by accessed from some main libraries. Moore's father, Thomas Cooper Moore, was a founder-member of the Nottingham Society of Artists and besides pursuing his career as an architect, still found time to create many attractive pictures and teach and encourage his sons with their artistic skills.Biography of Thomas Cooper Moore by Bruce Fearn of Neals Auctioneers, Nottingham: Nottingham Evening Post 25 January 1997. Claude, his father and brother Reuben (more commonly spelt Rubens) Arthur were all praised for their scenes of Old Nottingham and captured many scenes of disappearing Britain, featuring country life and buildings of character, working with line drawings, monochrome, watercolors and oils.Artfact; records of pictures, by all three Moores, sold at auction, can be foun
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if link is available. One of the Derby exhibits was "Fair-day in the Morledge", depicting a bustling city centre Easter fair, at Derby, see image in the right hand panel. This picture, now in the possession of the

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, was exhibited at Mr. Keene’s picture exhibition in Derby, according to the ''Derby Mercury'' of 31 May 1882, by T. C. Moore but is now attributed to Claude T. S. By 1891, Claude T. S. had declared himself an Artist, Marine; his pictures are predominantly river scenes or coastal scenes with vessels drawn in intimate detail, always with dramatic lighting effects. Claude had a studio in Nottingham but worked mainly in London from 1882 and painted many London scenes, some of the most prominent being his views of the Thames, its wharves, ships; and his views of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster, from the river.Images of pictures, by all three of the Moores, in public galleries, can currently be seen (March 2012), in the BBC
Your paintings collection
One painting, called "The Pool of London", which was created jointly by Claude and his father in 1879, sold at auction in 1999 for £12,000. Claude was said to have been influenced by the Nottingham painters Henry Dawson and J. M. W. Turner due to the use of light in his paintings, although it has been said that his paintings of the Thames give the impression that "the Thames is in the tropics". Moore died in 1901 at the age of 47 shortly after his father. The work of Claude, his father, Thomas Cooper and his brother, Reuben Arthur (usually called Rubens) is similar in character and variety; all sought charming urban and rural scenes, coastal scenes and seascapes in the

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. With Claude and his father having two initials in common, there is potential for confusion. Reuben (Rubens) has one painting in the collection of the

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in York, two in the British Postal Museum & ArchiveRubens Arthur Moore
BBC - Your paintings, accessed December 2011 and others in the Nottingham Castle Museum collection, while their father has a number of paintings in Nottingham Castle Museum and also in the Nottinghamshire Archives, Nottingham Central Library, and Nottinghamshire County Hall.Some of Thomas Cooper Moore's pictures are viewabl
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if the link is open.

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