BENSON BOND MOORE, AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D.C. 1882-1974, OPEQUAN CREEK, VIRGINIA, 1957, Oil on board, 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.), Frame: 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.6 x 44.5 cm.)

BENSON BOND MOORE
AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1882-1974
OPEQUAN CREEK, VIRGINIA, 1957
Oil on board
Lower left signed and dated, verso titled and dated

Catalogue note:
Benson Bond Moore was born in Washington, D.C., where he was a fixture in the art community for nearly 70 years. The son of a framer and art restorer dubbed the "picture man to the Presidents" by the Washington Post, Moore grew up in the art world. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art under notable members of the Washington Landscape School of the late 19th century, including Max Weyl and Richard Norris Brooke. In 1914, Moore became a member of an informal artists group called The Ramblers Sketch Club, composed of fellow artists Charles H. Seaton, Winfield Scott Clime and Edwin G. Cassedy. They frequently traversed Washington, D.C.'s wooded areas and the surrounding countryside in Virginia and Maryland, painting plein-air landscapes. Around 1920, The Ramblers Sketch Club expanded to become the Washington Landscape Club, later known as the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, now revered as one of the country's oldest art institutions. Moore frequently exhibited his work with regional art groups like the Society of Washington Artists and the Washington Water Color Club. Along with painting landscapes, Moore was also a prolific printmaker, with a particular affinity for birds. In 1928, the Corcoran Gallery of Art held a solo exhibition of Moore's etchings and lithographs. Moore also worked in conservation, restoring paintings for some of the D.C. area's most important institutions, including Mount Vernon and the National Museum of American Art. Moore relocated to Florida in 1942, but continued painting landscapes of the Mid-Atlantic area for the rest of his life.
Dimensions: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.), Frame: 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.6 x 44.5 cm.) Artist Name: BENSON BOND MOORE Medium: Oil on board

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