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Thomas Sturge Moore

Also known as: Thomas Sturge Moore; primary name: Moore, Thomas Sturge; other name: Sturge Moore, Thomas
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 1870-1944
Biography: Illustrator, wood-engraver, author and poet; literary executor of Charles Hazelwood Shannon (q.v.) and Charles Ricketts (q.v.); born in Hastings, elder brother of the philosopher, G.E.Moore; studied at Dulwich College, Croydon Art School and Lambeth School of Art, London; met Ricketts and Shannon at Dulwich and contributed to their periodical, The Dial; designed covers for editions of poems by his friend W B Yeats; 1904 elected a member of the Society of Twelve, a group of wood-engravers and lithographers; exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, 1914; member of the Art Workers' Guild; author of the biography 'Charles Ricketts RA', 1933 and published Rickett's collected letters; died in Winsor. His daughter was the textile and stage designer, Henrietta Sturge Moore (1907-1995). His work was featured in the exhibition, 'Beauty's Awakening' - celebrating the centenary of the Art Workers' Guild at Brighton and Hove Art Gallery, 1984.
Bibliography: DNB The key work is Malcolm Easton and David Chambers, 'Thomas Moore wood-engraver', The Private Library, IV, 1971, pp.24 - 46 Chambers provides a list of the books that he illustrated between 1893 and 1939, Easton an outline and analysis of his artistic career M.Easton, Apollo 92 (1970), pp.298ff, on TSM and WBYeats

66 related objects

print

Title: Pan Island |
Museum number: 2019,7015.393 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1897

print

Title: T Sturge Moore in a Cloak |
Museum number: 1896,1028.11 |
Producer name: BIOG46011 Print made by:Charles Hazelwood Shannon |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Danae at her twilit lattice ponders |
Museum number: 1910,0324.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43622 Print made by:Charles Ricketts |
Production date: 1903

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1909,0217.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Sturge MoorePrint made by:Lucien Pissarro |
Production date: 1906

print; book-illustration

Title: Siegfried and Brunnhilde |
Museum number: 1901,0130.5 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900-1801

print; book-illustration

Title: My heart leaps up |
Museum number: 1900,1010.5 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1893-1900

print

Title: In polisht walls a sister found is kissed |
Museum number: 1910,0324.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43622 Print made by:Charles Ricketts |
Production date: 1903

print; book-illustration

Title: Dryad and nest |
Museum number: 1909,0217.31 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1908

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1915,0521.3 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1914

print; book-illustration

Title: Music |
Museum number: 1909,0217.28 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1902

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1949,0411.2054 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Sturge MoorePrint made by:Lucien Pissarro |
Production date: 1906

print; book-illustration

Title: Siegfried's Dream |
Museum number: 1901,0130.3 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900-1801

print; book-illustration

Title: Siegfried about to wake Brunnhilde |
Museum number: 1901,0130.4 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900-1801

print; book-illustration

Title: Siegfried and the Bear |
Museum number: 1901,0510.2 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900-1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0217.27 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1902

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1915,0521.4 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1915

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0217.25 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1899

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1912,0315.2 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1912

print

Title: Death and the Dragon |
Museum number: 2019,7015.607 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1898

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1912,0315.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1912

print; book-illustration

Title: Baby Giants |
Museum number: 1909,0217.29 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1896

print; portfolio

Title: Metamorphoses of Pan |
Museum number: 1909,0528.1-10 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1890-1895

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1915,0521.6 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1915

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1909,0219.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Sturge MooreAfter:Lucien Pissarro |
Production date: 1909

print

Title: Go Wash: The Sermon on the Mount |
Museum number: 2019,7015.390 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1904

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1949,0411.2053 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Sturge MooreAfter:Lucien Pissarro |
Production date: 1909

print

Title: T Sturge Moore in a cloak |
Museum number: 2019,7015.631 |
Producer name: BIOG46011 Print made by:Charles Hazelwood Shannon |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Pan as an island |
Museum number: 1924,0209.104 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1921

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Form |
Museum number: 1949,0411.5123 |
Producer name: Published by:John LanePrinted by:The Morland Press |
Production date: 1917 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Hares Circle in the Mirths |
Museum number: 2019,7015.389 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1897

print; book of prints

Title: The Artist Engraver |
Museum number: 1905,0126.2.1-20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alphonse LegrosPrint made by:Charles Hazelwood Shannon |
Production date: 1904 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1010.9 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1899

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1915,0521.2 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1912

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1909,0217.33 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1906

print; book-illustration

Title: The young man fleeing from the captors of Christ |
Museum number: 1909,0217.32 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1908

print; book-illustration

Title: The centaur's first love |
Museum number: 1909,0217.35 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1909

print; book-illustration

Title: The hare is running races |
Museum number: 1900,1010.3 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1893-1900

print; book-illustration

Title: Nuns fret not |
Museum number: 1900,1010.2 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1893-1900

print

Title: T Sturge Moore |
Museum number: 1945,1208.100 |
Producer name: BIOG27296 Print made by:Alfred Hugh Fisher |
Production date: 1922

print

Title: The Sermon on the Mount |
Museum number: 2019,7015.391 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1904

print

Title: Baby Giants |
Museum number: 2019,7015.392 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: The Centaur with a bough |
Museum number: 2019,7015.388 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1897

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1909,0217.36 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1909

print

Title: T Sturge Moore |
Museum number: 1926,0526.29 |
Producer name: BIOG27296 Print made by:Alfred Hugh Fisher |
Production date: 1922

print; portfolio

Title: The Modeller Early Lithographs |
Museum number: 1893,1003.2 |
Producer name: BIOG46011 Print made by:Charles Hazelwood Shannon |
Production date: 1891

print; book-illustration

Title: Tail-piece to 'Dion' |
Museum number: 1900,1010.4 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1893-1900

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1920,0604.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1918

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0217.26 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1902

print; book-illustration

Title: Theseus with the body of Phaedra |
Museum number: 1909,0217.30 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1908

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1920,0604.4 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1920

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1915,0521.5 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1915

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1010.7 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1899

print; book-illustration

Title: I wandered lonely as a cloud |
Museum number: 1900,1010.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1893-1900

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1010.8 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1899

print; book-illustration

Title: Siegfried and the Bird |
Museum number: 1901,0510.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900-1801

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1949,0411.2055 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1910,0121.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1910

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1922,1212.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1899

print

Title: She kneels in awe beholding lavish light |
Museum number: 1910,0324.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43622 Print made by:Charles Ricketts |
Production date: 1903

print; book-illustration

Title: As in a grave I sat reclined |
Museum number: 1900,1010.6 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1893-1900

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1920,0604.3 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1920

print

Title: Rhyme Sheet / Beautiful Meals / Water |
Museum number: 1916,0505.3 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1885-1916

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1920,0604.2 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1920

print

Museum number: 1901,0130.1 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1010.10 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1899

print; book-illustration

Title: Siegfried killing the Dragon |
Museum number: 1901,0130.2 |
Producer name: BIOG39319 Print made by:Thomas Sturge Moore |
Production date: 1900-1801

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