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Acrylic and oil on canvas, 62 x 31 cm (24¼ x 12¼”)
Signed and dated, 1998
Exhibited: Jorgensen Fine Art
Conor Walton studied in Dublin at the National College
of Art and Design. Having undertaken a joint degree in
Fine Art and Art History he went on to complete an MA
in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex.
Walton also furthered his fine art training, travelling to
Florence to study old master techniques with Charles
Cecil, where he won the Lorenze il Magnifico third prize
for painting at the Biennale in 1999. Returning to Dublin
in 1996, he held his first solo show three years later.
Walton has won numerous prestigious award including
the Taylor Prize for Painting in 1993, The Don Niccolo
D’Ardia Caracciolo RHA Medal in 1997 and Fourth Prize
at the BP Portrait Award in 2005. Walton currently lives in
Co. Wicklow and exhibits at Jorgensen Fine Art in Dublin.
€1,000 - €2,000
Oil on canvas, 61 x 122 cm (24 x 48”)
Signed and dated 2004
Another study with self- portrait verso
€3,000 - €5,000