John J. Moore (American, b. 1941) "Figure," 1969, large oil on canvas. Verso with Fischbach Gallery, New York label. Size: 89.5'' x 75.5'', 227 x 192 cm (sight); 90'' x 76'', 229 x 193 cm (frame). Provenance: The Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection. Artist Biography: John J. Moore was born in 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied mechanical drafting at Ranken Technical College and was hired as a draftsman and technical illustrator at McDonnell Douglas in St Louis in 1960. He turned to art full-time in 1962, attending Washington University in St. Louis (BFA, 1966), the Chautauqua Institution, and the Yale University summer program. In 1966, he enrolled at Yale and studied with Lennart Anderson, Lester Johnson, Richard Lindner and Jack Tworkov, earning an MFA in 1968. Shortly after, he was hired to teach at the Tyler School of Art of Temple University, where he served until 1988, when he became head of graduate painting at Boston University. In 1999 he was appointed chair of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, a position he held until retiring in 2009.

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