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Sarah Wool Moore

Sarah Wool Moore (1846 - 1911) was active/lived in Nebraska, Pennsylvania.  Sarah Moore is known for Portrait and landscape painting, teaching.

One of the earliest and most significant figures in the development of Nebraska's support of American and regional art, Sarah Moore came to Lincoln to the University of Nebraska in 1884. At that time, Lincoln had virtually no art culture, and she was determined to do something about that void.

She was born in Plattsburgh, New York. Her parents were Amasa Moore and Charlotte Moore, and she had five siblings. She was a graduate of Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, and also studied with August Eisenmenger at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in Austria.

At the University of Nebraska, she was an asset in that she brought culture from the 'outside', having spent eight years studying abroad. In Lincoln, she taught painting and drawing and later was an instructor of art history and head of the University Art Department. She was an active political proponent of strengthening the department and wrote numerous letters to the University regents pleading for respectable teachers   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6336 characters.]  Artist bio

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