William Gosling Moore

Also known as W. G. Moore (possible attribution)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sydney-based sketcher, auctioneer and proprietor of a furnishing shop. In 1849 he exhibited at the Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
William Gosling Moore
Also known as W. G. Moore (possible attribution)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • 1844- 1845 241 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
Other Occupation
  • Shop proprietor
  • Auctioneer
Active Period
  • c.1844- c.1849
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher, was an auctioneer at 241 Pitt Street, Sydney, in 1844-45. By 1849 he was proprietor of a successful furnishing shop. He seems to have been the W.G. Moore who drew and exhibited Moonlight Scene at the second exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia that year, which was called 'a very clever drawing in coloured chalks, nicely toned, with great freedom of handling, and very characteristic’.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
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Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Moonlight Scene
Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia
1849
Exhibition ()
Sydney, NSW
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