The National Gallery has honoured Guyanese artist extraordinaire Philip Moore, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and announced that it had printed a special card this month with a reproduction of his colourfully patterned 1966 painting ‘Journey – Rosignol to Georgetown’.
Paintings and sculpture from the National Collection by Moore were on display on the two upper floors of the National Gallery building throughout December and will continue for the month of January 2012, a press release from the gallery said.
It noted that Moore celebrated his 90th birthday on October 12, shortly before he was bestowed with the