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UNTITLED, 1987 Gilbert Swimberghe (Belgian, b.1927)
Signature: signed and dated in pencil lower left; with inscribed Oliver Dowling Gallery exhibition label on reverse Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 30.48 by 30.48cm., 12 by 12in. Provenance: Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin; Where purchased by the current owner Exhibited: 'Gilbert Swimberghe', Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin, 6 - 21 November 1987, exhibition no. 7 Swimberghe is a Flemish born artist working across several disciplines. He studied at the Academies of Bruges and Saint-Josse-ten-Node, first adopting an expressionist style but later this developed i... into his own interpretation of abstract minimalism. In 1987 the Irish Arts Review's Harriet Cooke critiqued his work shown in Dublin commenting on his, "...carefully considered shades of grey" and "...structured balance between tension and subtly". His minimalism she describes as "original [with a] reassuring touch of sensuality'." The original exhibition catalogue for the Oliver Dowling show accompanies this lot more