Setdart invite you to discover this delicate portrait painted by Harry Humphrey Moore
Harry Humphrey Moore (New York, Paris 1844- 1926).
"Portrait of a Lady" , Oil on canvas.
This female half-length portrait shows a woman lying in the foreground, holding a flower-filled cloth, this pyramidal composition is accompanied by curved lines, achieved through the provision of arms and garland of flowers, providing a dynamism and movement to the canvas. The author has achieved a delicate atmosphere where the landscape surrounding the figure without this losing prominence. Through the use of bright colors, brush strokes manicured and facial expression of women, Moore manages to convey to the viewer a deep and allegorical sense.
Humprey Moore was an American painter, his interest in painting began at an early age, reaching masterfully painted the portrait of his grandfather at the age of ten years. Developed his passion and talent for painting, forming in different artistic centers of great importance in the United States such as New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia. His interest was not satisfied and so he decided to travel to Europe during his youth. Twenty-one traveled first to Germany where he spent a short time since he moved to Paris to begin studying at the Ecole des Beux art, while working in the studio of a painter. Performing constant travel, one of them went to Spain,
An important milestone Moore's career was his trip to Italy where he studied watercolor deeply with other artists of the time like Madrazo y Villegas. His expertise as a painter was the portrait coming to receive high praise as Thomas Eakins, American painter, who said he was one of the great artists of his time. Another of them was the American painter John Singer Sargent who praised the exquisite technique Moore. Fame and recognition that Moore reached during his life was overshadowed in a way, because after his death, his second wife, retained works at his home in Paris without allowing these they were acquired by any collector.
Moore's artistic work was of great importance in Europe, where he developed his mature pictorial technique, but his continuous trips including the trip to Japan, made him an extremely experienced painter. His work was highly respected and artistic impact on other painters a Moore became a benchmark of American painting, thanks largely to good Posthumous criticism he received from major publications such as the New York Times and The Globe.