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John Drake Moore was born in Tryon, North
Carolina.
He was educated at his mother's knee, and at Oxford University.
Harking back to the Drakes of Plymouth and the Moores of Ayrshire, from the branches
of his familiy tree have hung brigand chiefs and pirates, although here and there
amongst the foliage have blossomed men of sterner principle.
A worthy example: in the eighteenth year of his reign King Henry IV, by his Letters
patent, bearing date 9 July, appointed JOHN MOORE, NORROY, "chief Herald
King of Arms of the north parts of his realm of England".
Another ancestor, no less celebrated, tough of a different clay, stalked a larger
stage: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, bounder of the Spanish Main, closet broker to a Queen,
upstart hero in the First Battle of Britain. |
Mr. Drake Moore makes his home in Rome,
Capri, and Lugano, Switzerland.
In the early fifties John Drake Moore developed a personalised style
based upon textured surfaces. Tempera was the medium employed. Represented
here are such early works as Persephone, Lady and a Unicorn, Madonna,
The Three Graces, Sea Anemone and others. |
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In recent years the Maestro has returned
his attention to the techniques of that earlier period. These latest
works, painted between the years 2000 and 2002, can be found on this
website. The pictures represent various personages seen trough the
critical eye of the Maestro, a shade transgressive, or ironical,
at times erotic. |
The pictures shown here can be viewed in the original.
For further information contact our office:
no. phone: +41 (0)91 608 29 69
fax: +41 (0)916082968
info@johndrakemoore.com
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