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Robert Gordon Sellar (b.1924)
Estimate:
€150 - €200
Sold
€340
Timed Auction
Spring Online Art Auction
Size
12 by 16in. (30.5 by 40.6cm)
Description
Title: PORTBRADDON, COUNTY ANTRIM
Frame dimensions: 19 by 22.5in. (48.3 by 57.2cm)
Note: This view of the beautiful tiny clachan of Portbrtadden Co. Antrim dates from the early 1960s. A precipitous road leads down to the fishermen's cottage where the salmon nets dry at the edge of Whitepark Bay. Sellar was a teacher in the nearby school and would have known this coast well. The cottage in this scene is now the property of the National Trust. Robert Sellar was born in Scotland. He moved to Northern Ireland as a child and studied at Belfast College of Art. He taught in schools in Derry and Antrim, and for many years was adviser in art education to the North-Eastern Education Board before retiring in 1984. He was commissioned to produce designs for the stained glass windows at Castlerock Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland and also created designs for postage stamps and commemorative postmarks for both the Irish and British postal services.
Frame dimensions: 19 by 22.5in. (48.3 by 57.2cm)
Note: This view of the beautiful tiny clachan of Portbrtadden Co. Antrim dates from the early 1960s. A precipitous road leads down to the fishermen's cottage where the salmon nets dry at the edge of Whitepark Bay. Sellar was a teacher in the nearby school and would have known this coast well. The cottage in this scene is now the property of the National Trust. Robert Sellar was born in Scotland. He moved to Northern Ireland as a child and studied at Belfast College of Art. He taught in schools in Derry and Antrim, and for many years was adviser in art education to the North-Eastern Education Board before retiring in 1984. He was commissioned to produce designs for the stained glass windows at Castlerock Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland and also created designs for postage stamps and commemorative postmarks for both the Irish and British postal services.
Condition
Excellent condition.
Medium
linocut
Signature
signed lower right; titled lower left
Provenance
Bell Gallery, Belfast;Whence purchased in 1989 by Dr. Henry McKee;Whyte's, 6 December 2008, lot 5;Private collection
