Artist: Richard Kingston RHA (1922-2003) Title: Wildlife Refuge, Curracloe, Co Wexford Signature: signed lower left Medium: oil on panel Size: 76½ x 122cm (30 x 48in) Provenance: Private Collection More info: Click to read more about this lot The Irish landscape, still-life and flower painter Richard Kingston was born in County Wicklow. Like Percy French and Nathiel Hone The Younger, Kingston first studied engineering before turning to fine art full-time. He was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and was one of the first Irish artists to embrace this style. During the late 1950s, Kingston had several solo exhibitions at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery (Dublin) and the Leicester Galleries (London).In the early 1970s, after representing Ireland in several exhibitions abroad, he set up his own art gallery at Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin. He first exhibited in the RHA in 1962 and became a member in 1980. He was elected to the Board of Governors of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1982-1989.
Artist: Richard Kingston RHA (1922-2003) Title: Wildlife Refuge, Curracloe, Co Wexford Signature: signed lower left Medium: oil on panel Size: 76½ x 122cm (30 x 48in) Provenance: Private Collection More info: Click to read more about this lot The Irish landscape, still-life and flower painter Richard Kingston was born in County Wicklow. Like Percy French and Nathiel Hone The Younger, Kingston first studied engineering before turning to fine art full-time. He was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and was one of the first Irish artists to embrace this style. During the late 1950s, Kingston had several solo exhibitions at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery (Dublin) and the Leicester Galleries (London).In the early 1970s, after representing Ireland in several exhibitions abroad, he set up his own art gallery at Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin. He first exhibited in the RHA in 1962 and became a member in 1980. He was elected to the Board of Governors of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1982-1989.
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