Henry Moore, R.A. (1831-1895)

At Moore's death in 1895 the Art Journal's obituarist wrote: 'In his hands marine painting reached a level to which it has been brought by no other artist. The sea became Henry Moore's motive for all his finest in out-of-door colour, light and atmospheric effect; all his canvases will in years to come be held as standards against which to measure the performances of generations yet unborn'.