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Robert C. Moore

American artist, 1921–2006

BiographyRobert C. Moore was born in Philadelphia in 1921 and remained a lifelong resident of the area. He was also a lifelong artist, apprenticing under the noted painter Samuel J. Brown in his youth. After World War II, Robert attended the Philadelphia College of Art under the GI Bill and later received an MFA from Temple University. He pursued postgraduate studies for many years through various grants and fellowships, including the John Hay Fellowship at the University of Chicago and programs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Moore began teaching at Howard High School in Wilmington in 1950 and was an active member of the art community in that city, serving as a key member of Aesthetic Dynamics and organizer of Afro-American Images 1971. Moore was celebrated for his artistic and educational contributions, receiving recognition for his work as the art education supervisor in Wilmington public schools. Following his retirement from the Wilmington School District in 1983, Moore worked as a freelance graphic designer.

He designed a stained-glass window at African Episcopal Church of Saint Thomas in Philadelphia, honoring church founder Absalom Jones and installed a series of six murals in the St. Thomas Great Hall depicting the church’s heritage. During the period before his death in December of 2006, Robert compiled a book chronicling the creation of the Heritage Murals.

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