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79 Frederick Edward McWilliam RA (1909-1992) THE JUDO PLAYERSsigned & numbered 1/5
bronze - number 1 from an edtion of 5
54 x 40 x 20cm (21 x 16 x 8in)
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Private Collection
€15,000-20,000 (£13,043-17,391)
Frederick Edward McWilliam was born in Banbridge, Northern Ireland in 1909. He studied for a time at the Slade School
of Fine Art in London, where he was later to end up teaching. When he started in the Slade, McWilliam planned to be a
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Royal Air Force and was stationed in England where he was engaged in interpreting aerial reconnaissance photographs.
Even during this time he was still able to exhibit and teach art. In 1964 he was awarded an Honorary D.Litt. from the
Queen’s University Belfast. In 1966 he was awarded a C.B.E. and in 1971 he won the Oireachtas Gold Medal. McWilliam
exhibited at Waddington Galleries, London, and had a major retrospective show at the Tate Gallery in 1989.