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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'INISMσR II'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on board
- 25 by 34cm., 10 by 13.5in.
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'OCHRE VASE, 1963'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- oil on board
- 9½ x 16½in. (24.13 x 41.91cm)
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'STILL LIFE - VASE, GLASS AND FRUIT'
- Price Realised: 1,777
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- oil on board
- 23 by 18cm., 9 by 7in.
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'LOW TIDE'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- oil on board
- 19Ύ x 23Ύin. (50.17 x 60.33cm)
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'ROCKS'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on board
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'STILL LIFE WITH POTS'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 17 July 2017
- oil on board
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'KITCHEN INTERIOR WITH VIEW OF COURTYARD AND PUMP'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- wax crayon and pencil on paper
- 36 by 28cm., 14 by 11in.
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'NEAR LETTERDYFE, CONNEMARA, c.1967'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- pastel and watercolour
- 14 x 19Όin. (35.56 x 48.90cm)
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'STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLE'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- pencil and gouache
- 14 x 18Ύin. (35.56 x 47.63cm)
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'LOW TIDE'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on board
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'MOUNTAIN SIDE'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 27 May 2024
- oil on board
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'LATE AUTUMN'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'COASTAL SCENE'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 21 October 2024
- mixed media
- 10Ύ x 15in. (27.31 x 38.10cm)
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'STILL LIFE IN PURPLE AND BROWN'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 27 February 2017
- oil on board
- 24 x 30in. (60.96 x 76.20cm)
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'DESERTED COTTAGES, ROUNDSTONE BAY'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- mixed media on panel
- 11 x 15Ύin. (27.94 x 40.01cm)
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'BLUE HEADLAND - BEN BULBEN'
- Price Realised: 888
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- mixed media on board
- 19 by 19cm., 7.5 by 7.5in.
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'SHORE (I) and LOW TIDE (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- oil on board; (2)
- 12 by 18in., 30 by 45cm.
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'THE FOUR SEASONS (SET OF FOUR)'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- watercolour; (4) (framed together)
- 5 x 7½in. (12.70 x 19.05cm)
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'LIGHT ON THE SEA'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'GRASS AND ROCKS BY THE SHORE'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- oil on board
- 6 x 8in. (15.24 x 20.32cm)
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'STUDY OF GERARD DILLON'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- charcoal
- 14 x 11in. (35.56 x 27.94cm)
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'BLUE AND YELLOW LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- collage
- 9 x 13in. (22.86 x 33.02cm)
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'CONNEMARA PROMONTORY'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- gouache over pen and pencil on paper
- 14 by 11cm., 5.5 by 4.5in.
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'PORTRAIT OF GERARD DILLON'
- Price Realised: 150
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- pencil
- 9½ x 7½in. (24.13 x 19.05cm)