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George Moore was born in 1916 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. In 1920 he and his widowed mother moved to Wellington, New Zealand. He attended Wellington Technical College and the Elam Art School (today respectively parts of Massey University and the University of Auckland) before commencing work at a publisher, Whitcomb & Toombs, as an engraver and lithographer. During this time he produced large numbers of lithographic posters, refining his drawing style and experimenting with the medium. During WWII he served with the Royal New Zealand Air force, including in the Coral Sea campaign with the American forces. In 1950 he moved to Sydney, Australia, where he worked in advertising for the next twenty years. During this time he provided pro-bono poster work for the Aboriginal Welfare Development Association, the National Trust and the Independent Theatre, Sydney. He also travelled throughout the South Pacific and India and these trips continue to inform his work. In 1970 he became a full time artist. From 1976 to 1977 he taught drawing at the East Sydney Technical College, now the National Art School (NAS). In 1980 he moved to the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria before moving to Brisbane, Queensland, in 1987, Queensland. Since 2007 he has lived in Sydney.
  Exhibitions

 

Solo Shows
Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983
Von Bertough Gallery, Newcastle, Australia, 1976, 1979
Milburn + Arte, Brisbane, Australia, 1982
Grafton Gallery, Cairns, Australia, 1986
Mornington Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 1981, 1983, 1984 (drawings), 1988
Quasions, Melbourne, Australia, 1991
Windows on Church, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia, 2000
University of Queensland Graduates Club, Brisbane, Australia, 1995
 
Group Shows
The Perth Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia, 1973
Bloomfield Galleries, Australia, 1974-1984
Von Bertough Gallery, Newcastle, Australia, 1974-1984
L.J. Harvey Drawing Prize, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 1977
Wagga Wagga Invitational Prize, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia, 1978, winner
Acquisitive Award, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia, 1977 highly commended, 1979 winner
Maitland Art Prize, Maitland, New South Wales,Australia, 1979, 1980
Broken Hill Art Awards, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1980
Post Office Gallery, Red Hill, Australia, 1981-2000
Mattara Festival, City Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1982
Diamond Valley Victoria Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 1982, 1983
McClelland Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 1984
Armstrong, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1982
Anna Symonds Gallery, Canberra, Australia, 1985
Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide, Australia, 1985
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 1987
Uffizi Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 1988
Quasions Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 1991, 1992
 
 
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