{"title":"Moore, Eleanor Allen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEleanor Allen Moore (1885-1955) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas a British painter who was born in Northern Ireland, but became one of the group of painters known as the \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/glasgow-girls-the\" title=\"The Glasgow Girls\"\u003eGlasgow Girls\u003c\/a\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoore was born on 26th July 1885 in Glenfield, Glenwherry, County Antrim. In 1888, she moved with her family to Ayrshire, Scotland, where her father worked as a minister at Loudoun Old Parish Church. She attended Kilmarnock Academy. From 1902 to 1907, she studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art, where she was a contemporary of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/gray-norah-neilson\" title=\"Norah Neilson Gray\"\u003eNorah Neilson Gray\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring World War I, Moore served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse at Craigleith Hospital in Edinburgh. In 1922, Moore married Dr Robert Cecil Robertson and she gave birth to their daughter, Ailsa, the following year. In 1925, the family moved to Shanghai, China, where Robertson was appointed to the Shanghai Municipal Council. Moore continued to paint in Shanghai, where she was inspired by the street scenes and by the Yangtze River Delta. Moore and her daughter were evacuated from Shanghai to Hong Kong during the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, and returned to Scotland soon after, though she had stopped painting. Her husband, Dr Robertson, remained in Hong Kong until he died in 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoore died in a hospital on 17th September 1955 in Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoore and her husband were the subject of an exhibition in 1997, which was held at the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, which holds several of her works, including a large three-quarter length self-portrait. Moore was included in the Glasgow Girls exhibition in Kirkcudbright in 2010, and in a book on the Glasgow Girls by Alisa Tanner. Tanner is Moore's daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"moore-eleanor-allen-1885-1955-the-silk-dress-c-1918","title":"Moore, Eleanor Allen (1885-1955) - The Silk Dress c.1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by the woman artist and 'Glasgow Girl' Eleanor Allen Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 1 hi-res image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4347 pixels wide by 5121 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/moore-eleanor-allen\" title=\"Eleanor Allen Moore\"\u003eEleanor Allen Moore\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61881499287882,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Moore_EleanorAllen_1885-1955_-TheSilkDress_main_6154044c-c93a-4b4a-a7dc-50bb976f8efd.jpg?v=1779366368"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Moore_Eleanor_Allen_1885-1955-6843183.jpg?v=1779366274","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/moore-eleanor-allen.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}