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Romeo C. Toogood RUA ARCA
(1902-1966)
Coastal Inlet in Village with boats
Oil on board, 49.5 x 39.5cm (19" x 15"”)
Signed
Toogood studied at the Belfast School of Art and the
Royal College of Art in London. Returning to his
home town of Belfast in 1930 he joined a small group
of artists known as the Ulster Unit, and taught at vari-
ous high schools and institutes including the Belfast
College of Art where his students included Terence
Flanagan and Basil Blackshaw. Toogood’s work was
exhibited at the RHA, Ulster Academy of Arts, RUA
and the Piccolo Gallery in Belfast. Following his
death retrospectives were held by the Arts Council of
Northern Ireland (1978) and the Bell Gallery (1989).
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