somewhat outspoken views proved a bar to his admission into the ranks of the Royal Academy, for which he was many years a candidate, and where his works were long a chief source of attraction. Though suffering from a painful and incurable illness, Moore worked up to the last, completing by sheer courage and determination an important picture just before his death, which occurred on 25 September 1893, at 2 Spenser Street, Victoria Street, Westminster. He was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery with his brother Henry Moore. The adjacent plot contains John Collingham Moore and his family. His last picture, The Loves of the Seasons and the Winds, is one of his most elaborate and painstaking works ; it was painted for Mr. McCulloch, and Moore wrote three stanzas of verse to explain the title. Moore's work is now represented in many important public collections, such as those of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and elsewhere. An exhibition of his works was held at the Grafton Galleries, London, in 1894. Several of his pictures are now in public collections throughout the United Kingdom and, in addition to those above, include Blossoms in the Tate, and a watercolor, The Open Book, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The British Museum in London has a group of his early drawings. Works The Quartette (1869) Seagulls (1871; Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead) Follow-my-Leader (1873) Shells (1874) Topaz (1879) Rose Leaves (1880) Yellow Marguerites (1881) Blossoms (1881) Dreamers (1882; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) Reading Aloud (1884; Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow) Silver (1886) Midsummer (1887; Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth) A River Side (1888), A Summer Night (1890; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) Lightning and Light (1892; Private collection) An Idyll (1893) The Loves of the Winds and the Seasons (1893; Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, large picture finished only a few days before his death) References Attribution External links A J Moore online (ArtCyclopedia) A J Moore – biography and works (Art Renewal Center) Biography (Victorian Web) 1841 births 1893 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Artists from York 19th-century English painters English male painters Academic art People educated at Archbishop Holgate's School Artists' Rifles soldiers 19th-century English male artists