William Crampton Gore RHA (1871-1946) The Circus Vans, Montreuil Oil on board, 25.5 x 34cm (10 x 13.25'') Signed and dated 1909 Exhibited: Pyms Gallery, London, 1993, ''An Ireland Imagined'' - An...

William Crampton Gore RHA (1871-1946) The Circus Vans, Montreuil Oil on board, 25.5 x 34cm (10 x 13.25'') Signed and dated 1909 Exhibited: Pyms Gallery, London, 1993, ''An Ireland Imagined'' - An Exhibition of Irish Paintings and Drawings 1860-1960, catalogue no. 21. The French Connection, The AVA Gallery, Clandeboye, Aug/Sep 2010, cat. no. 4, and afterwards at The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Sep/Oct 2010 Exhibited:, An Ireland Imagined - An Exhibition of Irish Paintings and Drawings 1860-1960, Pyms Gallery, London, 1993, cat. no. 21. From Enniskillen, Gore originally practiced medicine until 1901. In 1900 he had returned to the Slade, spending 5 years there where he counted Sir William Orpen among his friends, sharing a studio with him for a time. Having also studied in Paris by 1913 Gore was exhibiting at the Royal Academy, RHA and the Paris Salon from a Paris address. After marrying in France in 1923 he eventually settled in Montreuil-sur-mer where his relative the painter Dermod O'Brien went to stay with him on several occasions before he eventually moved to England in 1932.

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