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Arthur David McCormick RBA RI ROI (1860-1943)THE PIRATE`S TRIBUNE, 1900oil on canvassigned and dated
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Arthur David McCormick RBA RI ROI (1860-1943)
THE PIRATE`S TRIBUNE, 1900
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right; with the artist`s address [St. John`s Wood] inscribed on stretcher on reverse
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18 by 24in., 45 by 60cm.
Christie`s, London, 23 January 2003, lot 226;Private collection;with The Frederick Gallery, Dublin, April 2004;Private collection
`Spring Exhibition of Irish Art`, The Frederick Gallery, Dublin, 3-23 April 2004, catalogue no. 3 (illustrated)
McCormick was born in Coleraine and studied at the Government School of Design, Belfast. He later travelled to London working with the Illustrated London News among other publications. In 1889, from Trafalgar Studios, McCormick exhibited for the first time with the Royal Academy, London. This would be the beginning of a 30 year relationship with the institution. Snoddy records the artist`s address from 1895 as 58 Queen`s Road, St. John`s Wood [as per the reverse of the present work]; the artist resided at this address for over 40 years. The theme of pirates began to appear in the oeuvre at the turn of the century and the RA index of exhibitors lists two such works shown with them in 1903 and 1904. Among the artist`s best known commissions was the iconic sailor`s head and shoulders on the cigarette packets for tobacco manufacturers, John Player & Son in 1927. His works can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum and the Borough Council, Coleraine among others. For further reading see Snoddy p.370-372.
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Arthur David McCormick RBA RI ROI (1860-1943)
THE PIRATE`S TRIBUNE, 1900
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right; with the artist`s address [St. John`s Wood] inscribed on stretcher on reverse
LandscaPortraite
18 by 24in., 45 by 60cm.
Christie`s, London, 23 January 2003, lot 226;Private collection;with The Frederick Gallery, Dublin, April 2004;Private collection
`Spring Exhibition of Irish Art`, The Frederick Gallery, Dublin, 3-23 April 2004, catalogue no. 3 (illustrated)
McCormick was born in Coleraine and studied at the Government School of Design, Belfast. He later travelled to London working with the Illustrated London News among other publications. In 1889, from Trafalgar Studios, McCormick exhibited for the first time with the Royal Academy, London. This would be the beginning of a 30 year relationship with the institution. Snoddy records the artist`s address from 1895 as 58 Queen`s Road, St. John`s Wood [as per the reverse of the present work]; the artist resided at this address for over 40 years. The theme of pirates began to appear in the oeuvre at the turn of the century and the RA index of exhibitors lists two such works shown with them in 1903 and 1904. Among the artist`s best known commissions was the iconic sailor`s head and shoulders on the cigarette packets for tobacco manufacturers, John Player & Son in 1927. His works can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum and the Borough Council, Coleraine among others. For further reading see Snoddy p.370-372.
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