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Charles Harper, R.H.A.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Charles Harper, R.H.A.
- Blue Race
signed, titled and dated 2007; signed, titled and dated 2007 on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 76 by 61cm.; 30 by 24in.
Catalogue Note
'His Rower paintings are allegories of co-operation. They adapt a familiar allegorical language: the idea of life as a voyage, for example, and a vessel as an emblem of a family or social grouping...' (Aidan Dunne, 'Themes and Variations', Charles Harper, exh.cat., Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin 2007, p.4).
Born on Valencia Island, Co. Kerry, Harper studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, the Limerick School of Art and the Dublin Graphic Studio. He was a founder member of Aosdána and his work is held in numerous public collections including those of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin and the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. A retrospective of his work was held at the Sligo Art Gallery in 1996 which toured to the Hunt Museum, Limerick.
Born on Valencia Island, Co. Kerry, Harper studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, the Limerick School of Art and the Dublin Graphic Studio. He was a founder member of Aosdána and his work is held in numerous public collections including those of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin and the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. A retrospective of his work was held at the Sligo Art Gallery in 1996 which toured to the Hunt Museum, Limerick.