Horace Moore-Jones
| Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Horace Jones |
| Born | 3 February 1868 |
| Died | 3 April 1922 (aged 54) |
| Allegiance |
 New Zealand
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| Service/branch |
 New Zealand Military Forces
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| Rank | sapper |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | War artist |
Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones, first known as Horace Jones, (3 February 1868 – 3 April 1922) was a notable New Zealand artist, soldier and art teacher.
Born in Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England, Moore-Jones and his family emigrated to New Zealand when he was about 17-years-old. He soon became a professional artist and worked in both New Zealand and Australia. On the outbreak of the First World War, he volunteered for service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). He participated in the Gallipoli Campaign initially as an sapper but later as a war artist. During his war service and for a time afterwards following his discharge from the NZEF in 1916 he produced a number of sketches and watercolour paintings of Gallipoli. After leaving the NZEF, he worked as an art teacher and conducted a number of exhibitions and lectures around New Zealand. He died in 1922 as a result of extensive burns while rescuing people from a fire which destroyed the Hamilton Hotel, in the city of Hamilton.
Born on 3 February 1868, Horace Jones was the son of David Jones, an engineer by trade, and a school teacher, Sarah Ann Garner. One of 10 children, the family lived in Malvern Wells in the county of Worcestershire, England, at the time of his birth. The Jones family emigrated to New Zealand around 1885, settling in Auckland where Sarah Ann found work at a school on Wellesley Street. Even as a child, Jones expressed an interest in art from an early age and as an 22-year old, he received formal tuition from Anne Dobson, an art teacher in Auckland.
Jones soon began a relationship with Dobson and the two married in 5 September 1891. The couple moved to Australia to develop their respective careers as artists, settling in Sydney. It was at this time he changed his name to Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones and he soon developed a good reputation for portraiture and semi-allegorical works which were exhibited with the Art Society of New South Wales. Dobson, who had trained for a time at the Royal Academy in London, also enhanced her already well-known profile. With his wife, Moore-Jones also operated an art school but finances were tight. When, Dobson became ill with tuberculosis, many of the couple's possessions were sold to keep make ends meet. In June 1901, Dobson died and this left Moore-Jones to raise a two-year-old daughter, Norma; two other children had died in their infancy.
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