Harry Humphrey Moore (21 July 1844,

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- 2 January 1926,

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) was an American painter; best known for his works depicting Japan, Spain and North Africa.

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His father, Capt. George Humphrey Moore, was a shipbuilder and a descendant of

Ozias Humphry Ozias Humphry (or Humphrey) (8 September 1742 – 9 March 1810) was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures, later oils and pastels, of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1791, and in 1792 he was appointed ''Port ...

, an English painter of

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@ Hirschl & Adler gallery He was either born deaf, or became so as a toddler. He initially attended the

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, America's oldest institution of that type, then transferred to the

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, in Philadelphia. It was there he began taking art lessons from the portrait painter,

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. Through him, he met

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, and began taking lessons from him as well. Upon Eakins' recommendation, he went to Paris to study at the

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with

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. He also studied with

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@ AskArt Later, he took some courses in anatomy at a medical school in San Francisco, and would revisit that area frequently until 1907. After completing his basic studies, in 1869, he accompanied Eakins and the engraver,

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, on a trip to Spain. He was very impressed, and remained there after his companions returned to Paris. He would stay for several years, mostly in

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and

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, where he was especially fascinated by

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culture.

In 1872, he married Isabella de Cistué y Nieto, from a prominent military family in

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, who knew sign-language because she had a childhood friend who was deaf. They went to live in Morocco, where they stayed for almost two years, travelling about painting; often with a military escort. He returned to New York in 1874 and opened a studio; participating in exhibitions at the

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and the

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. It was there he met Katherine Birdsall Johnson (1834-1893), a philanthropist and art collector, who invited him and his wife to accompany her on a trip to Japan in 1880. He accepted, and became one of the first American artists to go there. He created over sixty paintings while visiting, which are now among his most familiar works. He spent most of his later career painting portraits of children, wealthy Americans and members of the European nobility. Shortly after World War I, he went to live in Europe and died in Paris.

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