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46 Padraig MacMiadhachain RWA (b.1929) Ice Cream Seriessigned lower left
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm (20 x 24in)
Provenance:
Private Collection
€1,000-1,500 (£869-1,304)
Padraig MacMiadhachain was born in 1929 and studied at the Belfast College of Art from 1947-1949 and then at
the National College of Art, Dublin in 1950. He was a contributor to the Irish Exhibitions of Living Art in the 1960s,
alongside artists like Gerald Dillon, Camille Souter, Louis Le Brocquy, amongst others. William Scott had a profound
influence on his later work. He has lived and painted since 1959 on the Dorset coast, near to St Ives, where he is an
associated member of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives. He has held many one man and mixed exhibitions. These
include over 15 one-man exhibitions in London, Madrid - sponsored by the Spanish Government, Dublin, Belfast -
sponsored by The Arts Council. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Krakow, Los Angeles, Seattle and Vancouver. He was
awarded travelling scholarships to both Moscow 1957 and Poland 1960, one by the British Council and the other by
the Russian Government. His works are in many Private and Public collections.