Eric Patton, RHA (1925 - 2004)
Eric Patton, RHA
(1925 - 2004)
"Lobster Boat, Dingle"
Oil on board, 10" x 14"
(1925 - 2004)
"Lobster Boat, Dingle"
Oil on board, 10" x 14"
Irish Artist, Eric Patton was born in 1925. As an artist, he originally specialised in topographical drawings and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin for the first time at the age of seventeen, before moving to Paris in 1951 to study at the Salon d’Hiver. He then lived in London for many years, where he produced numerous illustrations, book designs and graphic art. In 1980 he was elected a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and exhibited regularly at their annual group exhibitions.
As an artist he was mostly known for his Irish landscape paintings and for his architectural studies, in particular his print series of Georgian Dublin. In 1980 he was commissioned to design a series of Irish stamps to commemorate the “Irish Impressionist” painters: Irish artists who had trained in Paris and who were responsible for introducing new techniques of painting into Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th century. Eric Patton’s paintings are now housed in many important collections of Irish art including the collection of the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork.
As an artist he was mostly known for his Irish landscape paintings and for his architectural studies, in particular his print series of Georgian Dublin. In 1980 he was commissioned to design a series of Irish stamps to commemorate the “Irish Impressionist” painters: Irish artists who had trained in Paris and who were responsible for introducing new techniques of painting into Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th century. Eric Patton’s paintings are now housed in many important collections of Irish art including the collection of the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork.