Renowned artist and sculptor Phillip Moore, famous for the towering 1763 monument at the Square of the Revolution, died yesterday at his Lancaster, Berbice home in his sleep.
Moore was 90 years old and had been in declining health in recent years. The art and culture icon was best known for the 1763 Monument, which portrays the 1763 Berbice Slave revolt through several artworks mounted on a bronze statue of the artist’s interpretation of the revolt leader, Cuffy.
His daughter, Corine Munroe and son, Phillip Moore Jr., the only remaining two of his five children, told Stabroek News that the artist was discovered dead sometime around 5am yesterday in his bed