Tex Moore Western Mountain Landscape Oil Painting 24x16 Signed Vintage Framed

Artist: John Marcellus "Tex" Moore (1865 -1948) Title: Untitled Western Mountain Landscape Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 24 X 16 in. 29.5 × 21.5 in. Including original frame Signature: Lower left, signed "Tex Moore" including signature longhorn.

Date: Circa 1930s - 1940s Frame: Original gilt-wood rope-carved frame, good condition. Condition: Very good vintage condition. Canvas is tight and clean with no punctures. Minor pinpoint paint losses and light abrasions consistent with age; overall stable and attractive surface. Frame shows light age patina consistent with age.

About the Artist John Marcellus "Tex" Moore was a 20th-century American painter known for Western landscapes, mountain scenes, and dramatic skies reminiscent of Hudson River and California plein-air traditions. John Marcellus "Tex" Moore - Biography Full name: John Marcellus "Tex" Moore Also known as: Jack Moore, J.

Moore, Tex Moore Born: 1865 (Fort Worth, Texas)? Died: 1948 (Wichita Falls, Texas)? Moore was born in Texas in 1865.. There is little documented about his formal art education; he appears to have been largely self-taught, with influences and encouragement from established Western artists like Frederick Remington.. He adopted "Tex" as part of his signature or professional identity, likely to emphasize his Texas heritage or Western art persona.

Moore is best known for cowboy genre scenes and landscape painting, especially of the American West: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and surrounding areas.. His landscapes often depict serene mountain vistas, forests, rivers, and Western scenery in a romantic or realistic style.. He worked in oil on canvas (or panel/board) for many of his known pieces. Moore passed away in 1948 in Wichita Falls, Texas.. There is little publicly recorded about his later life (personal, family, or stylistic development) beyond the fact that he remained active in the Western art circuit. More Biographical Detail on Tex Moore: Born in 1865 near Fort Worth, Texas, Moore was raised in the frontier culture of early Texas and apparently grew up amid cattle trails and ranch life. His father is said to have had ties to the Abilene Trail, giving Moore early exposure to the Western frontier. He is said to have driven cattle in Palo Duro Canyon under Charles Goodnight.. He also worked for John Chisum in New Mexico and drove stagecoach lines such as the Butterfield Overland Stage (Eureka-Palisades) in some periods.. Later, while working in Wyoming for the Swan Land & Cattle Company, he is said to have met Owen Wister (author of The Virginian) and Frederic Remington-Remington purportedly encouraged Moore's artistic pursuits. Moore had limited formal art training; sources call him self-taught, though he may have received mentoring or encouragement from more established Western artists like Remington.

He traveled and painted in Western landscapes, particularly in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and the greater Yellowstone region. Some sources assert he maintained a studio near Yellowstone for decades. That same year, the Texas Legislature officially designated him Cowboy Artist of Texas. He remained in Texas until his death in 1948 in Wichita Falls (some sources list 1950 as the year of death, but the majority state 1948).