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James Nolan RHA (b.1929)
Portmarnock
Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 61cm (18 x 24”)
Signed
€1,000 - 2,000
Born in Dublin, James Nolan studied Fine Art at St. Martin’s College of Art in London and
at the National College of Art in Dublin under Seán Keating RHA and Maurice MacGonigal
RHA. He graduated in Fine Art (Painting) in 1958 and from 1959 he taught Fine Art at the
National College of Art, until 1977 when he left to make painting a full time career.
Elected an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1969 and Member in 1975, he
served as Keeper from 1978 to 1988. He was elected Member of the Watercolour Society of
Ireland in 1974 and served as President from 1981 to1994. He was a Trustee of the National
Self-Portrait Collection, University of Limerick, from its inception in 1981 to 1988. He was
a member of the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland from
1984 to 1993.