William Crampton Gore RHA (Interiors, Still Lifes, Landscapes) (1871-1946)

Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, William Gore trained in medicine at Trinity College Dublin, practicing as a doctor until 1900, although he took several months leave in 1898 to study fine art painting under the renowned Henry Tonks at the Slade School in London. After a short posting as a ship's surgeon, he returned to the Slade School (1900-1904) to further his studies in drawing and painting, becoming friends with William Orpen and also Augustus John, with whom he shared a studio. He also spent time painting in Paris.

In 1905, he began showing at the Royal Hibernian Academy, submitting more than 100 paintings up until 1939. In 1916,...