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1924 County Antrim, Ireland - 1996. Known for: Abstract landscape and still life painting.
A noted landscape artist and still-life painter, the Irish artist Arthur Armstrong was born in County Antrim, and studied political science at Belfast University before switching to architecture.... Read full biography
A noted landscape artist and still-life painter, the Irish artist Arthur Armstrong was born in County Antrim, and studied political science at Belfast University before switching to architecture. Afterwards he attended night classes at Belfast College of Art, meeting contemporaries such as Gerard... Read full biography
A noted landscape artist and still-life painter, the Irish artist Arthur Armstrong was born in County Antrim, and studied political science at Belfast University before switching to architecture. Afterwards he attended night classes at Belfast College of Art, meeting contemporaries such as Gerard Dillon, Daniel O'Neill and George Campbell. When he took up painting seriously he focused on portraits and city scenes, followed by a period he described as "almost action-painting". Surviving in a... Read full biography
A noted landscape artist and still-life painter, the Irish artist Arthur Armstrong was born in County Antrim, and studied political science at Belfast University before switching to architecture. Afterwards he attended night classes at Belfast College of Art, meeting contemporaries such as Gerard Dillon, Daniel O'Neill and George Campbell. When he took up painting seriously he focused on portraits and city scenes, followed by a period he described as "almost action-painting". Surviving in a succession of clerical jobs, combined with commercial design art, Armstrong exhibited several paintings in Belfast (1951), Dublin (1955-7), Belfast (1957). Returning to Dublin in 1962, he began showing at the Royal Hibernian Association. He exhibited... Read full biography
A noted landscape artist and still-life painter, the Irish artist Arthur Armstrong was born in County Antrim, and studied political science at Belfast University before switching to architecture. Afterwards he attended night classes at Belfast College of Art, meeting contemporaries such as Gerard Dillon, Daniel O'Neill and George Campbell. When he took up painting seriously he focused on portraits and city scenes, followed by a period he described as "almost action-painting". Surviving in a succession of clerical jobs, combined with commercial design art, Armstrong exhibited several paintings in Belfast (1951), Dublin (1955-7), Belfast (1957). Returning to Dublin in 1962, he began showing at the Royal Hibernian Association. He exhibited thirty five oil paintings at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery in 1964. He won the Douglas Hyde Gold Medal at the Oireachtas Ex... Read full biography
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A noted landscape artist and still-life painter, the Irish artist Arthur Armstrong was born in County Antrim, and studied political science at Belfast University before switching to architecture. Afterwards he attended night classes at Belfast College of Art, meeting contemporaries such as Gerard Dillon, Daniel O'Neill and George Campbell.
When he took up painting seriously he focused on portraits and city scenes, followed by a period he described as "almost action-painting". Surviving in a succession of clerical jobs, combined with commercial design art, Armstrong exhibited several paintings in Belfast (1951), Dublin (1955-7), Belfast (1957). Returning to Dublin in 1962, he began showing at the Royal Hibernian Asso...But wait, there's more...
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