Arthur Armstrong
Born in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim in 1924, Arthur Armstrong briefly attended Queens University, studying Political Science and then Architecture, before leaving to attend classes in the Belfast College of Art, where he met contemporary artists Gerard Dillon, Dan ONeill and George Campbell. Armstrong was not an immediate success and struggled as an artist throughout the forties, supplementing his meagre earnings with clerical jobs. The 1950s were more successful years for Armstrong, exhibiting in both Belfast and Dublin and winning a CEMA travel scholarship to Spain in 1957. www.whytes.ie In 1962, Armstrong settled in Dublin, exhibiting extensively with the Ritchie Hendricks Gallery and at the Royal Hibernian Academy for the first time in 1962. In 1967 he was awarded a prize at the Gibraltar International Art Exhibition, and in 1968 received the Douglas Hyde Gold Medal at the Oireachtas Exhibition. He became an associate member of the RHA in 1969, and continued to exhibit there until 1995, contributing more than 70 works over a period of 33 years. Throughout his career, Armstrong influenced younger artists, and worked part-time as a teacher of painting at the National College of Art. He died in 1996, at the age of 72. www.whytes.ie
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'BLUE STILL LIFE, 1966'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- oil on board
- 30Ό x 24in. (76.84 x 60.96cm)
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'EBB-TIDE'
- Price Realised: 6,200
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on board
- 61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.
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'COUNTRY BAR'
- Price Realised: 5,800
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'EVENING LIGHT, 1979'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- oil on board
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH FIREPLACE, circa 1977'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- oil on board
- 61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.
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'WET DAY, NEAR ROUNDSTONE'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH DARK HEAD'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on board
- 51 by 58cm., 20 by 23in.
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'FIGURE WITH GUITAR AT TABLE'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- oil on masonite board with collage
- 56 by 44cm., 22 by 17.5in.
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'LANDSCAPE WEST CORK'
- Price Realised: 3,428
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- oil on board
- 61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.
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'AUTUMN LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- oil on board
- 30 x 36in. (76.20 x 91.44cm)
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'STILL LIFE WITH BRONZE HEAD'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on board
- 58 by 75cm., 23 by 29.5in.
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'INTERIOR, EXTERIOR'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on board
- 24 x 18in. (60.96 x 45.72cm)
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'THE FIELDS OF STONE'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- oil on board
- 24 x 30in. (60.96 x 76.20cm)
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'LANDSCAPE WITH OLD BUILDINGS'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 27 February 2017
- oil on board
- 28Ύ x 38½in. (73.03 x 97.79cm)
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'FIELD PATTERNS'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- watercolour, crayon, pen and ink and collage
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
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'STUDIO STILL LIFE'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- oil on board
- 30 x 36in. (76.20 x 91.44cm)
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'BLUE EVENING'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on board
- 30 by 36cm., 12 by 14in.
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'SOFT DAY'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- watercolour, crayon and pastel
- 30 by 53cm., 12 by 21in.
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'FIELD PATTERNS CONNEMARA, 1966'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- oil on board
- 19½ x 23½in. (49.53 x 59.69cm)
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'HEADLAND WITH COTTAGE RUINS'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- oil on board
- 20 by 25cm., 8 by 10in.
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'SUN BREAKING THROUGH (WEST CORK)'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on canvas board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'OFF SHORE'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- oil on board
- 30 by 46cm., 12 by 18in.
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'DARK HEAD, 1963'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil and plaster on board
- 23½ x 28in. (59.69 x 71.12cm)
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'STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLES, 1964'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil and plaster on board
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'STILL LIFE WITH LAMP'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- oil on board
- 36 by 25cm., 14 by 10in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH LAMP'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- oil on board
- 24 x 30in. (60.96 x 76.20cm)
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'STILL LIFE, MOTHER AND CHILD, 1968'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- oil on board
- 24 by 19.75in., 61 by 50cm.
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'GLENDALOUGH'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.