Background
Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter.
Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter.
He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1891. His first commission for a mural was by J. Lyons and Company for the Trocadero restaurant in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. His other early commissions included the ceilings of the vestry and library of the Unitarian Chapel, Liverpool, the board-room of Lloyd"s Register of Shipping, and paintings and stained glass for the Central Criminal Court in London.
He also painted in oil, tempera, and watercolour.
Harold Watkins, The Art of Gerald Moira, London 1922.