12th Sep, 2024 10:00
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
* NORMAN KIRKHAM RGI (SCOTTISH 1936 - 2021)
SEA CLIFFS
oil on canvas, signed
framed
image size 76cm x 76cm, overall size 96cm x 96cm
Note: Artist, designer and lecturer, working in oil, watercolour, gouache and pastel, born and lived in Glasgow, where he attended the Glasgow School of Art, 1953–8, taught by David Donaldson. Worked as a designer, 1960–75, began painting then and was in 1977 a part-time lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. He was President of Glasgow Art Club, 1988–91, and Honorary Secretary of Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts from 1991. Won many prizes at the Institute. Also showed at RA, RSA, RP, Fine Art Society, Seen Gallery and elsewhere in group exhibitions. Later solo shows included Barclay Lennie Fine Art, Glasgow, from 1986. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Arthur Andersen, The Fleming Collection, The Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and Glasgow Museums hold examples of his paintings. His extensive obituary in The Herald by Jan Patience on 8th April 2021 confirmed that Norman Kirkham had died after contracting Covid-19.
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