Charles Harper
Charles Harper was born on Valencia Island Co. Kerry in 1943. He studied art at Limerick School of Art and the National College of Art in Dublin as well as filmmaking in Bonn, Germany. He exhibits regularly in Ireland and abroad. Harper primarily uses a metaphoric approach to painting using such motifs as the boat, angels, balance, landscape, and the figure. He has represented Ireland many times abroad in such countries as India, Switzerland, Italy, Latvia, England, France, the US and Sweden. He has received eight National Awards for his painting, including First prize for Painting commemorating the 1916 Rising at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, The Carrols Open Award at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1971, the Arts Councils Bonn an Uachtarain de Hide at The Oireachtas Art Exhibition. His work is included in many important public and private collections including the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to name a few. He was a lecturer at Limerick School of Art and Design (LIT), now retired. He is a founder member of Aosdαna and a member of the RHA since 2002. www.whytes.ie
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'MOMENTUM, 2005'
- Price Realised: 6,600
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- oil on canvas
- 72 x 48in. (182.88 x 121.92cm)
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'CLASS OF '62, 2008'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- acrylic on linen
- 39Ό x 47Όin. (99.70 x 120.02cm)
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'RACE TO THE END, 2006'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- oil on canvas
- 39½ x 39½in. (100.33 x 100.33cm)
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'PROTECTING ANGEL'
- Price Realised: 4,100
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- watercolour on Japanese paper
- 52 by 41cm., 20.5 by 16in.
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'HEARTS'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 56 by 76cm., 22 by 30in.
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'LIMESCAPE (BURREN, COUNTY CLARE)'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- acrylic on canvas
- 95 by 102cm., 37.5 by 40in.
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'PUBLIC RACE'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 19 November 2002
- watercolour, pastel, pen and ink on Saunders paper
- 71 by 57cm., 28 by 22.5in.
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'GLAMOUR, 2021'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- acrylic on canvas
- 31½ x 35½in. (80.01 x 90.17cm)
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'HEADS, 1974'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- gouache
- 17Ύ x 22in. (45.09 x 55.88cm)
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'HEADS V'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour, pen and ink on Saunders paper
- 56 by 66cm., 22 by 26in.
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'MAN OF ACHILL'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- watercolour on Bristol card
- 53 by 72cm., 21 by 28.5in.
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'COUPLE, 2006'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- oil on canvas
- 23Ό x 28Όin. (59.06 x 71.76cm)
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'BOG, 2000'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- oil on canvas
- 32 x 31½in. (81.28 x 80.01cm)
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'INTRUSION'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on canvas
- 26 x 32in. (66.04 x 81.28cm)
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'CROUCHING FIGURES, 1981'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- watercolour over ink on paper
- 25Ό x 37Όin. (64.14 x 94.62cm)
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'CROUCHING FIGURES, 1981'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- watercolour over ink on paper
- 25Ό x 37Όin. (64.14 x 94.62cm)
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'PROTECTING ANGEL, 1997'
- Price Realised: 1,250
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- watercolour on Japanese paper
- 20½ x 16in. (52.07 x 40.64cm)
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'UNTITLED [MAN OF ACHILL SERIES]'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on paper
- 17 x 22½in. (43.18 x 57.15cm)
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'HEAD'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- mixed media on paper
- 44 by 57cm., 17.5 by 22.5in.
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'LIFE'S TURMOILS'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- gouache on paper laid on card
- 18½ x 23Ύin. (46.99 x 60.33cm)
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'LOOK-OUT, 1980'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- ink and watercolour; (unframed)
- 25 x 34in. (63½ x 86.36cm)
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'BUILDINGS (DUBLIN)'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour and gouache on paper
- 44 by 64cm., 17.5 by 25in.
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'CROW'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- pastel and gouache
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'NUDE, 2005'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 09 December 2012
- watercolour
- 32.25 by 23in., 81.915 by 58.42cm.
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'CROUCHING FIGURES, 1981'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- watercolour over ink on paper
- 25.25 by 37.25in., 64.135 by 94.615cm.
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'FAMILY ASPIRANTS, 2009'
- Price Realised: 650
- Sale: 17 February 2020
- silkscreen; (no. 19 from an edition of 20)
- 16½ x 16½in. (41.91 x 41.91cm)
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'THE RACE, 2000'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 17 February 2020
- lithograph; (artist's proof II)
- 29 x 21½in. (73.66 x 54.61cm)
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'BANDAGED HEADS, 1984'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- watercolour
- 9 x 11½in. (22.86 x 29.21cm)