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Rodrigo (Herbert George) Moynihan BIOGRAPHY
1910 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands - 1991 London, England. Known for: Abstract figure and portrait painting of notable persons, printmaking and teaching.
(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de... Read full biography
(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1910, to Herbert James Moynihan, a fruit broker from County Cork, and Maria... Read full biography
(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1910, to Herbert James Moynihan, a fruit broker from County Cork, and Maria (née de la Puerta). His Anglo-Spanish family moved to London in 1918 and then to Wisconsin. A winter in Rome 1927–1928 inspired him to devote himself to art, and in 1928 he started studying at the... Read full biography
(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1910, to Herbert James Moynihan, a fruit broker from County Cork, and Maria (née de la Puerta). His Anglo-Spanish family moved to London in 1918 and then to Wisconsin. A winter in Rome 1927–1928 inspired him to devote himself to art, and in 1928 he started studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In the 1930s he gained a reputation as a pioneer of abstract painting in England as a member of the Objective Abstraction movement. Moynihan was later attracted to social realism and became associated from 1937 with... Read full biography
(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1910, to Herbert James Moynihan, a fruit broker from County Cork, and Maria (née de la Puerta). His Anglo-Spanish family moved to London in 1918 and then to Wisconsin. A winter in Rome 1927–1928 inspired him to devote himself to art, and in 1928 he started studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In the 1930s he gained a reputation as a pioneer of abstract painting in England as a member of the Objective Abstraction movement. Moynihan was later attracted to social realism and became associated from 1937 with the Euston Road School. Moynihan served in the British Army from 1940 to 1943, first in the Royal Artillery and then doing c... Read full biography
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(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England.
Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1910, to Herbert James Moynihan, a fruit broker from County Cork, and Maria (née de la Puerta). His Anglo-Spanish family moved to London in 1918 and then to Wisconsin. A winter in Rome 1927–1928 inspired him to devote himself to art, and in 1928 he started studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.
In the 1930s he gained a reputation as a pioneer of abstract painting in England as a member of the Objective Abstraction movement. Moynihan was later attracted to social realism and became associa...But wait, there's more...
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