Chris Beetles Gallery

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Cherry Blossom

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)

Price

£12,500

Signed

Signed twice, inscribed 'To Ernest E Moore from his friend' and dated 1905 and 'London Dec /05'

Medium

Watercolour with bodycolour

Dimensions

13 ½ x 11 ½ inches

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1791-2024', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2024-January 2025, no 83

According to the inscription, the present illustration appears to have been a gift from Edmund Dulac to Ernest E Moore (1865-1940) in December 1905, a few months after Dulac had settled in London.
Ernest E Moore was himself an artist who would become an accomplished portrait painter. After studying at Barnsley School of Art, Moore travelled to further his studies in Paris, where he may have first met Edmund Dulac. In 1932, Ernest E Moore competed in painting at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

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