GEORGE K GILLESPIE (1924 - 1995) 'The Burn', near Glenties,...

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€900

GEORGE K GILLESPIE (1924 - 1995) 'The Burn', near Glenties, Co. Donegal Oil on board, 30 x 40cm (11¾ x 15¾) Signed; inscribed with title on backing board Born in Belfast in 1924 he was educated from 1941 until 1945 at Belfast High School and attended evening classes at Belfast College of Art, studying jewelry, silversmith as well as painting. His interest in fine art was encouraged in the late 1950’s when he attended painting classes in the studio of R. Boyd Morrison in Hollywood, Co. Down. In 1977, he retired from his bakery business and took up art professionally, working from his studio at home in Newtownards, Co Down. He held his first sol o-exhibition in 1980 in Dublin at the Oriel Gallery Dublin. His paintings are inspired by his love of the Irish landscape most notably Donegal and the rugged scenery of Connemara and the west coast.