Theodore Sidney Moise

Theodore Sydney Moïse (November 10, 1808 – July 2, 1885) was a painter in the United States known for his paintings of people and horses. He was one of the first painters of horses in the South. His painting style has been described as neo-classical.

Moise was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1836, he moved to Mississippi, then to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1842, where he lived until his death. He established a successful portrait studio in New Orleans.

Artists who were members of his studio included: Benjamin Franklin Reinhart and Paul Poincy. He would travel throughout the South, painting prominent and wealthy Southern families, sometimes accompanied by their dogs, horses, and servants. Some of his best-known portraits are of:

Senator Henry Clay, commissioned by John Freeland General Andrew Jackson on horseback Other notable pieces include:

Edwin Warren Moïse, Theodore Moise's brother. Eliza McHatton Ripley, used on the frontispice of her book, Social Life in Old New Orleans.

Many of the portraits of 19th century judges in the Orleans Parish Courthouse in New Orleans were painted by Moises. He also has pieces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, in the Filson Historical Society, and the Louisiana State Museum.