![Albert Joseph Moore - A Summer Night [c.1887]](http://c3.staticflickr.com/1/377/31407365050_c8781ecce8_b.jpg)
Albert Joseph Moore (York, September 4, 1841 – London, September 25, 1893) was an English painter, known for his depictions of languorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world. Moore was of an independent disposition, and relied solely on his own judgment in matters both social and artistic. His somewhat outspoken views proved a bar to his admission into the ranks of the Royal Academy, for which he was many years a candidate, and where his works were long a chief source of attraction. Though suffering from a painful and incurable illness, Moore worked up to the last, completing by sheer courage and determination an important picture just before his death, which occurred in Westminster. He was buried at Highgate cemetery.
[Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool - Oil on canvas, 132 x 228.5 cm]