Padraig MacMiadhachain (b.1929) Black Roofs and Black Boats Oil on canvas, 61 x 91.5cm (24 x 36'') Signed Exhibited: ''Padraig MacMiadhachain'' Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, May - June...

Padraig MacMiadhachain (b.1929) Black Roofs and Black Boats Oil on canvas, 61 x 91.5cm (24 x 36'') Signed Exhibited: ''Padraig MacMiadhachain'' Exhibition, The Molesworth Gallery, May - June 2001, catalogue no. 5 where purchased by the current owner. Illustrated in catalogue. Padraigh MacMiadhachain was born in Downpatrick in 1929. He attended the Belfast School of Art in the 1940s, the alma matter of William Scott who had a profound influence on his work. Since 1959 he has lived and painted on the Dorset Coast which might accounts for his neglect back here in his native land. He has also maintained a studio at St. Ives. In the 1960s MacMiadhachain was an outstanding contributor to the Irish Exhibitions of Living Art, alongside Gerard Dillon, Camille Souter, Nevill Johnson, Patrick Collins and Louis le Brocquy. The Moleworth Gallery, Dublin have held several solo exhibtions of his work including a retrospective exhibition in 1999. During his career he has been one of the most consistent and widely exhibition artists of his generation in the UK.

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