Background
John Collingham Moore was born in Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.
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He painted landscapes in Italy before becoming known as a portrait painter upon his return to England. He was one of the 14 children of the artist William Moore of York, who in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed a considerable reputation in the north of England as a painter of portraits and landscape. Moore trained at the Royal Academy Schools from 1850.
In 1858, the three brothers moved to Italy in order to paint the landscape so popular with the British public, in both oils and watercolour.
He sent paintings of Rome and the Roman Campagna back to England, where they were exhibited in the Dudley Gallery"s summer exhibitions in London. Upon his return to England, however, he became best known as a portrait painter.
