Person    | Male  Born 26/1/1867  Died 2/8/1959

Gerald Moira

Categories: Art

Gerald Edward Moira was an English painter best known for his murals. Born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat.

His first commission was a mural for J. Lyons and Co., for the Trocadero restaurant at Piccadilly. He painted murals at the Old Bailey in 1906 and returned in 1950 to paint a new mural following the WW2 bomb.

This old lady being revived with a cup of tea is in the Old Bailey mural at the left.  We were told by our guide that it is a self-portrait by Moira. (Apologies for the poor quality of the photo - we did not have our zoom camera with us.). Superstock has a photo of Moira painting this mural - in situ.  Alamy and Bridgeman and the Victorian Web and the National Portrait Gallery all have images of Moira, all showing him with a moustache, so it is interesting that he chose to include himself in the mural as a (moustache-less) woman.

We found a selection of his work at Invaluable.

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Gerald Moira

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Old Bailey - WW2 mural

{Below the mural:} 1939 - 1945 {Lower right:} G. Moira

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