Nancy Dustin Wall Moure

Background

Nancy Dustin Wall Moure was born on February 26, 1943, in Dayton, Ohio, United States. She is a daughter of Clayton Edgar Wall, an engineer, and Bemis Wall.

Education

In 1965 Nancy Dustin Wall Moure received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State College (now San Diego State University). In 1968 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Career

From 1968 to 1983 Nancy Dustin Wall Moure was an assistant curator of American art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. From 1985 to 1988 she was an art consultant at Jonathan Club, Los Angeles. She was an editor of Historical Collections Council Newsletter at Laguna Art Museum from 1985 to 2000. Since 1989 Moure has been an independent art consultant and curator.

She is a contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Southwest Art, Fine Arts Trader, Art of California, American Art Journal, Southern California Quarterly, and Antiques and Fine Art. Nancy is also a contributor to Jonathan under pseudonym Paul Chevalier.

Achievements

• Nancy Dustin Wall Moure is best known as the author of exhibition catalogs. In 1999 she was awarded a special mention at George Wittenborn Memorial Book Awards by the Art Libraries Society of North America.

Works

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  • The California Water Color Society Prize Winners 1931-1954 Index to Exhibitions 1921-1954

    (The California Water Color Society has been awarding priz...)

    1973
  • 75 Works, 75 Years: Collecting the Art of California

    (This book contains 75 works, each accompanied by an essay...)

    1993
  • American Narrative Painting

    (The catalogue of an exhibition at the Los Angeles County ...)

    1974
  • California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media

    (A history of the styles of California Art from the time o...)

    1998
  • Artists' Clubs and Exhibitions in Los Angeles before 1930 1974
  • Dictionary of Art and Artists in Southern California Before 1930 1975
  • William Louis Sonntag, 1822-1900 1980
  • Partners in illusion: Alberta Binford and William J. McCloskey 1996

Interests

• collecting art, gardening

Connections

On June 19, 1970, Nancy Dustin Wall married Joe Moure. In 1982 they divorced.

Father:

Clayton Edgar Wall

Mother:

Bernis Wall

ex-spouse:

Joe Moure

References

• Contemporary Authors
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