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Jan 26, 1867 London Died on 02 Aug 1959 (aged 92)
British artist
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About Gerald Moira
- Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals. 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 Co.
- 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.
- Moira was principal of the Edinburgh College of Art from 1923 until 1932, president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, vice-president of the Royal Watercolour Society, a member of the Royal West of England Academy, and a founder member of the National Portrait Society.
