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WEST CORK, 1994 William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011)
Signature: signed lower left; signed and titled on reverse; inscribed on label on reverse Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 34 x 36in. (86.36 x 91.44cm) Provenance: Exhibited: Literature: In the year this work was painted Crozier travelled to Greece and the Greek Islands which prompted a series of 'island' paintings which fused classical mythology with the landscape of Roaring Water Ba... ay in West Cork. The same year he was awarded the Douglas Hyde gold medal for painting by the Arts Council of Ireland and exhibited in 'The Colourist Tradition' at City Art Gallery, Edinburgh. The Irish Museum of Modern Art in association with West Cork Arts Centre present a major retrospective of William Crozier's work this year, 'The Edge of Lamdscape' [13 October to 18 April 2018]. Best known for his lyrical landscapes he made close to his home in West Cork from the mid-1980's - such as the present lot - this exhibition will present these familiar works against a backdrop of his early worl inspired by the Existentialist movement and the anxities of the post-war period more