Patrick Collins HRHA (1910 - 1994) Flowerpiece (May 1956) Oil on board, 46 x 60cm (18 x 23½) Signed Prov: Ritchie Hendriks Gallery where purchased by Sir Basil Goulding Exhibited: One Man’s...

Patrick Collins HRHA (1910 - 1994) Flowerpiece (May 1956) Oil on board, 46 x 60cm (18 x 23½) Signed Prov: Ritchie Hendriks Gallery where purchased by Sir Basil Goulding Exhibited: One Man’s Meat - The Collection of Sir Basil Goulding, The Municipal Gallery, Dublin December 1961 Catalogue No.7 Patrick Collins was a self-taught artist, aside from the evening classes he took at the National College of Art while working for an insurance company. In the 1940s he took a tower in Howth Castle as his home and it fast became a meeting place for a select group of artists and writers. Collins flourished within this cultural circle and by 1950 he had begun exhibiting at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. In 1958, his Liffey Quayside, now housed in the National Gallery of Ireland, won the National Award at the Guggenheim International Show in New York. Five years later his work appeared again in New York when he was one of twelve artists in a group show organised by the Arts Council, Dublin. In the interim, a solo show was held of Collins' work at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, and he had begun to exhibit at the RHA. Following the success of these shows his work was included at the Oireachtas Art Exhibition, The Arts Council of Belfast and the Mercury Gallery in London, as well as solo shows at David Hendriks and Tom Caldwell Galleries in Dublin and Belfast. In 1980, Collins was elected HRHA, and a member of Aosdána the following year. His works can be found in the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Crawford Municipal Gallery and Ulster Museum. Sir Basil Goulding bought a number of his works in the 1950's and 1960's some of which we have offered over the years. This is a good example of the artist's work. Collins exhibited with the Hendriks Gallery from their first exhibitions in 1956, the year this work was painted.

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