the first depicting a Russian church in winter, oil on pressed board, signed at lower right, framed (DOA 15.5 x 12 5/8 in.) (light surface grime); and the second titled Indian Market, watercolor on paper, signed at lower left, matted and framed under glass, retaining an old gallery label and artist's biography to the verso (DOA 15.5 x 19.75 in.) (not examined out of the frame).
Born in Newton, NC, Philip Moose knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of ten. He went up to New York City in 1940 to study at the National Academy of Design. After serving in the army during WWII, Moose returned to North Carolina. He taught at Davidson College and Queens College during the 1950s and 1960s, before settling in Blowing and devoting his time to painting and traveling. Moose's paintings have been exhibited widely and are in numerous public collections including the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC; the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh; the Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory, NC; and the High Museum in Atlanta, GA.
From the Estate of Mary B. Shuford, Blowing Rock, NC
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