€120 - €240
Star Lot: An original James Nolan RHA (Irish, b. 1929) coloured pastel on paper drawing featuring a reclined male nude. Signed Nolan bottom right and housed in a brushed chrome frame behind glass. Nolan's work has sold at auction through Adams' and Whytes' with works fetching into the hundreds.
Born in Dublin, James Nolan studied Fine Art at St. Martin's College of Art in London and at the National College of Art in Dublin under Seán Keating RHA and Maurice MacGonigal RHA. He graduated in Fine Art (Painting) in 1958 and from 1959 to 1977 he taught Fine Art at the National College of Art and left to make painting a full time career. Elected an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1969 and Member in 1975, he served as Keeper from 1978 to 1988. He was elected Member of the Water colour Society of Ireland in 1974 and served as President from 1981 to 1994. He was a Trustee of the National Self-Portrait Collection, University of Limerick, from its inception in 1981 to 1988. He was a member of the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1984 to 1993.
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