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Gerald Edward Moira - The Man With The Red Hat

Private Collection

Gerald Edward Moira (1867 - 1959)

The Man With The Red Hat, 1929

SKU: 106

Watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (44.5 x 35 cm.)

Size:
Height – 44.5cm
Width – 35cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
the artist’s family, by direct descent
Presentation:
framed

With original Rowley Gallery frame and mount,

Provenance: the artist’s family, by direct descent

Gerald Moira, though of Portuguese parentage, here depicts a Spanish
Caballero (horseman) in typical dress. Moira wrote extensively about
colour value and especially the use of red with colours of equal weight
(Harold Watkins, The Art of Gerald Moira, Dickens, London, 1922, p. 49).
His dramatic use of red and blue here corresponds with the bold use of
colour in his murals.

We are grateful to Michael Barker for his assistance.

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THE ARTIST

Gerald Edward Moira
Gerald Edward
Moira
1867 - 1959

Painter, mural decorator and teacher, born in London of Portuguese origin. He studied at Royal Academy Schools, 1887’89, winning several prizes, having been earlier tutored and encouraged by his father, Eduardo Lobo da Moira (1817’1887), a miniature painter who had served in the Portuguese diplomatic service. 

Moira failed to win the Royal Academy gold medal only by the casting vote of its president, Sir Frederick Leighton. On leaving the Schools Moira immediately set up studio in London and received a number of important portrait commissions. 
Gerald Moira showed at the RA from 1891, IS from 1899, was member of NPS and RWA, and held senior positions in ROI and RWS. He went on to become professor of mural and decorative painting at the Royal College of Art, 1900’22, then principal of Edinburgh College of Art, 1924’32. 
In addition to teaching he carried out a formidable number of large commissions, including decorations for the old Trocadero Restaurant, in Shaftesbury Avenue; ceiling for the boardroom of Lloyd’s Register; a frieze for the Passmore Edwards Free Library, in Shoreditch; work at the Central Criminal Court; as well as work in private houses, church decoration and many easel pictures. 
His compositions were confidently designed, tidy in execution and rich in colour. Examples of his work are in the collections of the Tate, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Glasgow Art Gallery. He died in Northwood, Middlesex.

Selected Literature
Harold Watkins, The Art of Gerald Moira, London, 1922.

We are grateful to Chris Mees for assistance.
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The Man With The Red Hat, 1929