Moore, Rufus E.

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role

Collector Dealer/Gallery

dates

1840-1918

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Chicago, IL; Greenfield, MA;

sex

M

historical notes

Rufus Ellis Moore was an art collector, artist, engineer, surveyor, and architect. Moore began collecting oriental art objects in 1857, his collection sold via the Anderson Galleries in 1919.

Moore’s collection was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for seventeen years, being withdrawn when John Pierpont Morgan’s (1837–1913) collection was exhibited there.

Moore was a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Lotos Club, and the Dutch Reformed Church. He was associated with James F. Sutton (1843–1915) in organizing the American Art Gallery exclusively for American art.

His parents were Don Lorenzo Bentevolee Voughley Moore (1816–1865) and Sarah Catherine Gay Moore (1821–1904).

decades
of activity

1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920

website

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89056202930

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10/31/2024 13:33:19

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	American Art Association Records, circa 1853-1929, bulk 1885-1922	see details...