Arthur Armstrong RHA (1924-1996) Figures in a Brown Landscape Oil on board, 76 x 61cm (30 x 24'') Provenance: Viola, Duchess of Westminster, Ely Lodge, Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh Exhibited:...

Arthur Armstrong RHA (1924-1996) Figures in a Brown Landscape Oil on board, 76 x 61cm (30 x 24'') Provenance: Viola, Duchess of Westminster, Ely Lodge, Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh Exhibited: Arthur Armstrong Exhibition, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, Sept-Oct 1970, Cat. No. 13, organised in association with the Hendriks Gallery, Dublin (label verso) Arthur Armstrong was largely self-taught and a superb natural draughtsman. A life-long devotion to Braque accounted for an increasing abstraction in his work during the 40s and 50s. He was then inspired by the west of Ireland landscape in particular Connemara, this saw a return to pure landscape painting during this period. Formerly happy as a figurative painter, Armstrong had strayed away from figures in his work. The early 70s saw their slow return and one can see their successful re-employment here. Their scale shows the artist breaking new ground, offering ideas on human existence. This is one of several works on this theme which were carried out in various mediums including mixed media with plaster. In this lot Armstrong's figures seem consumed by the landscape, similarly in another work entitled ''Figures in a Landscape'' which was included in the same exhibition and sold in these rooms Lot 7 28th September 2005.

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