1848 - 1916
Francis Sylvester Walker was a painter, illustrator and etcher. He studied both at the Royal Dublin Society and the Royal Hibernian Academy. He painted landscapes, portraits and genre scenes of Irish life. He also provided illustrations for numerous travel books including Hall, Mr. & Mrs. S. C...
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1970 -
Conor Walton studied in his hometown at the National College of Art and Design. Having undertaken a joint degree in Fine Art and Art History he went on to complete an MA in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. Walton also furthered his fine art training, travelling to Florence to study...
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1925 -
Barbara Warren studied at NCAD in Dublin where she was later to teach for 10 years and with André Lhote in Paris. She was also influenced and encouraged by her friend and fellow painter Elizabeth Rivers . She exhibited regularly at the Dublin Painters’ Society where she held her first one person ...
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1918 - 1965
Born in Dublin in 1918, Una Watters attended the National College of Art where her skills as a painter were encouraged by Maurice MacGonigal. Between 1956 and 1965 she had several works exhibited by the RHA, was a member of the Society of Dublin Painters and won an Arts Council Award in 1965. Much o...
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1927 -
Born in London in 1927, he initaly served in the Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm until they were disbanded in 1948. He then studied in College of Art Gloucester and Cheltenham from 1948 - 1952. He was appointed head of painting in the Ulster College of Art in Belfast a position he held from 1953 - 1960...
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