Tom Carr
A landscape and figure painter, Carr was born in Belfast and his interest in art was encouraged from an early age. In 1927 he enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art in London where he studied for two years under Henry Tonks and then travelled to Italy where he spent some of his time studying at the British School in Rome. The Queen Mother acquired one of his paintings in 1939 from an exhibition of contemporary English art in the Wildenstein Gallery, the same gallery that Carr was to have his first solo show in London a year later. In 1940 he first contributed to the Royal Hibernian Academy continuing to do so until 1957, then returning to it after an absence of thirteen years in 1971. In 1957 he included two works at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, around this time he was also teaching part-time at the Belfast College of Art and gained full membership to the RWS in 1959. www.whytes.ie In 1970 he had an exhibition of watercolours at the David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin which was well received with the Irish Times critic writing that he was: quite definitely, the outstanding watercolourist in this country (See Snoddy, p. 80) He was a highly respected artist with one of his paintings, Deers Meadow being reproduced as a special postage stamp to celebrate the Ulster 71 Festival. In 1973 he was elected an associate to the RUA winning the Gold Medal in the same year. In 1974 he was awarded MBE which was followed in 1994 by an OBE. A major retrospective exhibition was held in 1983, firstly at the Ulster Museum and then at the Douglas Hyde Gallery. The catalogue appreciation was written by T.P. Flanagan and the exhibition consisted of 162 works covering more than fifty years of Carrs artistic career. In 1991 he received a Doctorate of Literature at Queens University, two years later he was made an honorary member of the RHA and his works were exhibited at the European Parliament, Strasbourg. In 1996, a BBC film on the artist entitled Sunshine in a Room was transmitted. In London two of his works can be found at the Tate Gallery and in the Arts Council of Great Britain collection. www.whytes.ie
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'ORMOND QUAY, DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 16,000
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on canvas
- 25 x 30 x 30½in. (63½ x 76.20 x 77.47cm)
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'THE JETTY'
- Price Realised: 8,500
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on canvas
- 56 by 69cm., 22 by 27in.
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'COWS IN A FIELD'
- Price Realised: 8,500
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on board
- 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in.
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'THE GARDENER'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on board
- 56 by 46cm., 22 by 18in.
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'VIEW OF A COTTAGE ACROSS FIELDS'
- Price Realised: 5,500
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- oil on canvas
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'THE FENCE, 1966'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 25 November 2019
- watercolour
- 22 x 31in. (55.88 x 78.74cm)
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'ARDVIEW, COUNTY DOWN'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- watercolour
- 37 by 30cm., 14.7 5 by 12in.
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'RAMELTON, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- watercolour, pencil and pen and ink on paper
- 36 by 43cm., 14 by 17in.
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'THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, 1947'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- oil on canvas
- 14 x 11in. (35.56 x 27.94cm)
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'A DAY AT THE SEASIDE'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 29 September 2008
- oil on canvas
- 30 by 46cm., 12 by 18in.
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'SANDY ROW, BELFAST'
- Price Realised: 1,841
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- pencil and watercolour
- 22 by 28cm., 8.5 by 11in.
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'THE TWO COWS'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on canvas board
- 17½ x 23½in. (44.45 x 59.69cm)
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'GORSE AND ROBIN ON A WIRE'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil on canvas
- 20 by 16in., 50 by 40cm.
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'MIST OVER THE MOURNES, c.1974'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- watercolour
- 21.25 by 30.25in., 53.125 by 75.625cm.
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'SHRUBS IN THE MEADOW'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 24 by 27cm., 9.5 by 10.5in.
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'FOX AND GEESE'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour
- 13 by 15cm., 5 by 6in.
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'SANDY ROW, BELFAST'
- Price Realised: 1,079
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- pencil and watercolour
- 22 by 28cm., 8.5 by 11in.
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'NEAR THE BRANDY PAD'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- oil on canvas
- 16 x 12in. (40.64 x 30.48cm)
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'SNOW SCENE, c.1974'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- watercolour
- 22 by 29in., 55 by 72.5cm.
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'PARK IN WINTER WITH DOG AND RABBIT'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- watercolour
- 14½ x 22½in. (36.83 x 57.15cm)
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'LAGAN MIST, 1985'
- Price Realised: 960
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- watercolour
- 21Ό x 29Όin. (53.98 x 74.30cm)
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'BARNETT'S PARK, BELFAST'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- oil on canvas
- 20 by 27in., 50 by 67.5cm.
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'REFLECTIONS, HILLSBOROUGH LAKE, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 09 December 2012
- watercolour
- 29.5 by 21in., 74.93 by 53.34cm.
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'RIVER LAGAN'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- watercolour with pen and ink on paper
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'FIGURE BY A LAKE, 1946'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- watercolour
- 9½ x 12Ύin. (24.13 x 32.39cm)
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'THORN HEDGE, 1970'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 17 July 2017
- watercolour
- 29 x 21Όin. (73.66 x 53.98cm)
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'SNOW SCENE'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- watercolour
- 14 x 21Όin. (35.56 x 53.98cm)
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'DOG ROSE, AUTUMN, c.1970'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- watercolour
- 21Ύ x 29in. (55Ό x 73.66cm)