Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893) Albert Joseph Moore, a towering figure in the Aesthetic Movement and celebrated for his exquisitely crafted paintings of solitary female figures bathed in ethereal light, was born on September 4, 1841, in York, United Kingdom. He descended from an old Yorkshire family—his father, William Moore (1790–1851), a respected portrait painter himself—and possessed a remarkable lineage of artistic talent; several brothers pursued careers as artists, notably Henry Moore (1831–1895), whose monumental sculptures would become internationally renowned. Moore’s formative ye…