This page is a work in progress, and will be updated with additional information about Gerald Edward Moira (Giraldo Eduardo Lobo de Moura).

Relationship to john william waterhouse:

Fellow artist, pupil.

Brief Biography:

MOIRA, Gerald Edward, P.R.O.I., V.P.R.W.S., R.W.A., N.P.S. (1867-1959)

Painter in oil and water-colour of landscapes and figure subjects; mural decorator. Born on 26th January 1867 in London of Portuguese parents (father was a miniature painter). Studied at the R.A. Schools 1887-89 and in Paris. Pupil of J.W. Waterhouse. Exhibited at the R.A. from 1891. Elected N.P.S. 1911, A.R.W.S. 1917, R.W.A. 1919, R.W.S. 1932, P.R.O.I. 1945, and V.P.R.W.S. 1953. Principal of Edinburgh College of Art 1924-32. Represented in several public collections. Lived in Northwood, Middlesex, where he died on 2nd August 1959.

Sources: Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950, Grant M. Waters, Eastbourne, 1975; Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada, Toronto, 1957.

R.A.: Royal Academy

R.O.I.: Royal Institute of Oil Painters

R.W.S.: Royal Society of Painters in Water-colours

R.W.A.: Royal West of England Academy

N.P.S.: National Portrait Society

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