Father's Name:
Charles William Moore
Mother's Name:
Margaret Emma Girard
Wife 1: Dorothy (Della) May Crist 1867-1936
Wife 2: Allien Griswold 1871-1948
No known children.
John “Tex” Marcellus Moore was born near Fort Worth, Texas in 1865. He was a self-taught painter of the West in Texas, the Yellowstone Park and other areas. His father, Charles William Moore, started the Abilene Trail. Moore worked as a cowboy when the range was "open" and drew by the chuck wagon fire at night. He was a Texas Ranger and an Indian Scout with General Crook in the campaign against Geronimo's Apaches. Encouraged by Remington, Moore painted cowboy genre scenes and landscapes of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest. About 1885, he opened a studio near Yellowstone Park and later in Livingston Montana. The Santa Fe Railroad commissioned a painting of the Grand Canyon. In 1935, Moore returned to Texas, establishing his studio in Wichita Falls. That same year the Texas Legislature in its Resolution 48 designated him the "Official Cowboy Artist of the Lone Star State."
There are 100s if not 1000s paintings by him which he used to make his living throughout the County. Although many are not highly valued in terms of money, they do give a view of landscapes such as Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier and other areas in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
by Garland Holt
Charles William Moore
Mother's Name:
Margaret Emma Girard
Wife 1: Dorothy (Della) May Crist 1867-1936
Wife 2: Allien Griswold 1871-1948
No known children.
John “Tex” Marcellus Moore was born near Fort Worth, Texas in 1865. He was a self-taught painter of the West in Texas, the Yellowstone Park and other areas. His father, Charles William Moore, started the Abilene Trail. Moore worked as a cowboy when the range was "open" and drew by the chuck wagon fire at night. He was a Texas Ranger and an Indian Scout with General Crook in the campaign against Geronimo's Apaches. Encouraged by Remington, Moore painted cowboy genre scenes and landscapes of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest. About 1885, he opened a studio near Yellowstone Park and later in Livingston Montana. The Santa Fe Railroad commissioned a painting of the Grand Canyon. In 1935, Moore returned to Texas, establishing his studio in Wichita Falls. That same year the Texas Legislature in its Resolution 48 designated him the "Official Cowboy Artist of the Lone Star State."
There are 100s if not 1000s paintings by him which he used to make his living throughout the County. Although many are not highly valued in terms of money, they do give a view of landscapes such as Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier and other areas in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
by Garland Holt
Father's Name:
Charles William Moore
Mother's Name:
Margaret Emma Girard
Wife 1: Dorothy (Della) May Crist 1867-1936
Wife 2: Allien Griswold 1871-1948
No known children.
John “Tex” Marcellus Moore was born near Fort Worth, Texas in 1865. He was a self-taught painter of the West in Texas, the Yellowstone Park and other areas. His father, Charles William Moore, started the Abilene Trail. Moore worked as a cowboy when the range was "open" and drew by the chuck wagon fire at night. He was a Texas Ranger and an Indian Scout with General Crook in the campaign against Geronimo's Apaches. Encouraged by Remington, Moore painted cowboy genre scenes and landscapes of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest. About 1885, he opened a studio near Yellowstone Park and later in Livingston Montana. The Santa Fe Railroad commissioned a painting of the Grand Canyon. In 1935, Moore returned to Texas, establishing his studio in Wichita Falls. That same year the Texas Legislature in its Resolution 48 designated him the "Official Cowboy Artist of the Lone Star State."
There are 100s if not 1000s paintings by him which he used to make his living throughout the County. Although many are not highly valued in terms of money, they do give a view of landscapes such as Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier and other areas in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
by Garland Holt
Charles William Moore
Mother's Name:
Margaret Emma Girard
Wife 1: Dorothy (Della) May Crist 1867-1936
Wife 2: Allien Griswold 1871-1948
No known children.
John “Tex” Marcellus Moore was born near Fort Worth, Texas in 1865. He was a self-taught painter of the West in Texas, the Yellowstone Park and other areas. His father, Charles William Moore, started the Abilene Trail. Moore worked as a cowboy when the range was "open" and drew by the chuck wagon fire at night. He was a Texas Ranger and an Indian Scout with General Crook in the campaign against Geronimo's Apaches. Encouraged by Remington, Moore painted cowboy genre scenes and landscapes of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest. About 1885, he opened a studio near Yellowstone Park and later in Livingston Montana. The Santa Fe Railroad commissioned a painting of the Grand Canyon. In 1935, Moore returned to Texas, establishing his studio in Wichita Falls. That same year the Texas Legislature in its Resolution 48 designated him the "Official Cowboy Artist of the Lone Star State."
There are 100s if not 1000s paintings by him which he used to make his living throughout the County. Although many are not highly valued in terms of money, they do give a view of landscapes such as Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier and other areas in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
by Garland Holt
Bio by: Garland
Gravesite Details
It is possible that he is at Rosemont Cemetery, Memorial 59263403.
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