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1932 County Antrim, Ireland - 2016. Known for: Abstraction, sports, figure and portrait painting.
Basil Blackshaw RUA (b.1932). Noted for his expressionist even abstract approach to traditional paintings, as well as his sports paintings and portraits, Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley,... Read full biography
Basil Blackshaw RUA (b.1932). Noted for his expressionist even abstract approach to traditional paintings, as well as his sports paintings and portraits, Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He attended Methodist College in Belfast and studied at the Belfast... Read full biography
Basil Blackshaw RUA (b.1932). Noted for his expressionist even abstract approach to traditional paintings, as well as his sports paintings and portraits, Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He attended Methodist College in Belfast and studied at the Belfast College of Art from 1948 to 1951. Then, in 1951 he was awarded a scholarship by the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts to study in Paris. Since then he has mainly worked in the Lagan... Read full biography
Basil Blackshaw RUA (b.1932). Noted for his expressionist even abstract approach to traditional paintings, as well as his sports paintings and portraits, Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He attended Methodist College in Belfast and studied at the Belfast College of Art from 1948 to 1951. Then, in 1951 he was awarded a scholarship by the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts to study in Paris. Since then he has mainly worked in the Lagan Valley. A master in the technical skills of painting, Blackshaw is highly regarded for his loose application of paint and a very distinctive use of colour. His pictures of horse racing, and boxing are especially popular but his compositions also... Read full biography
Basil Blackshaw RUA (b.1932). Noted for his expressionist even abstract approach to traditional paintings, as well as his sports paintings and portraits, Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He attended Methodist College in Belfast and studied at the Belfast College of Art from 1948 to 1951. Then, in 1951 he was awarded a scholarship by the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts to study in Paris. Since then he has mainly worked in the Lagan Valley. A master in the technical skills of painting, Blackshaw is highly regarded for his loose application of paint and a very distinctive use of colour. His pictures of horse racing, and boxing are especially popular but his compositions also include dogs, landscapes, rural life and city scenes. Blackshaw is also a celebrated figure-painter, especia... Read full biography
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Basil Blackshaw RUA (b.1932)
Noted for his expressionist even abstract approach to traditional paintings, as well as his sports paintings and portraits, Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He attended Methodist College in Belfast and studied at the Belfast College of Art from 1948 to 1951. Then, in 1951 he was awarded a scholarship by the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts to study in Paris.
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