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Irish figurative painter (born 1970)
Conor Walton in his studio
Conor Walton (born 1970) is an Irish
figurative painter . Walton lives and works in
Wicklow , Ireland.
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Biography
Walton was born in
Ireland and trained at the
National College of Art and Design in Dublin and
Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy.
[2] Walton has been featured in multiple Irish and international solo exhibitions.
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His commissioned portraits can be found in many public and private collections, including
The National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland ,
[5] The
Irish Armed Forces
[6] and those of Trinity College and
University College , both in Dublin.
His work has also featured on book covers
[7]
[8] and postage stamps in Ireland and abroad.
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Work
Walton paints principally from life, eschewing photorealism for more painterly values. While retaining an uncanny realism from a distance, on close examination his mark-making is often gestural and the surface densely worked.
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Awards
References
^ Egan, Barry.
" 'I'd rather be up a mountain than in the museums' " . Irish Independent . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"Conor Walton, Irish Painter: Biography, Paintings" . Visual-arts-cork.com . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
^ McEvoy, Lorraine.
"Conor Walton-Allegories of Painting" . Dunamaise Arts . Retrieved 26 September 2017 .
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"NUMU: Still Life Painting Workshop with Conor Walton - Nov. 14th and 15th" . Patch.com . 29 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland | University of Limerick" . ulsites.ul.ie . Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
^ Hodson, Tom (2012). Chiefs of Staff The Portrait Collection of the Irish Defence Forces .
ISBN
978-1-84588-755-1 .
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"Kinder, Kinder!" . Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
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"Was für ein Glück?" . Peter Lang. Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
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"Ireland Spain Stamp Issue" . An Post . Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
^ Seed, John (1 September 2014).
"Conor Walton: Contemplating Higher Things" . Huffington Post . Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
^ Tipton, Gemma.
"Ideas for 2016: A year to paint a portrait" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
^ MacMonagle, Niall.
"Black Hole by Conor Walton - Independent.ie" . Irish Independent . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
^ Hess, F. Scott (9 November 2015).
"Art That Hurts" . Huffington Post . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"RDS TAYLOR ART COMPETITION WINNERS 1878 – 2015" . Royal Dublin Society . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"BP Portrait Award 2005" . National Portrait Gallery . Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
^ Kennedy, Maev (14 June 2005).
"Painstaking artist wins £25,000 BP Portrait Award" . the Guardian . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"2013-2014 Salon: StillLife results" . Art Renewal Center . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"2014-2015 Salon: StillLife results" . Art Renewal Center . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
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"Lo mejor de la pintura realista vuelve al IAACC Pablo Serrano | El Digital de Asturias" . www.eldigitaldeasturias.com (in European Spanish). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018 .
^ Toquero, Alejandro.
"El arte figurativo y el retrato pisan con fuerza en el Pablo Serrano" . heraldo.es . Retrieved 5 June 2018 .
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"1º Premio - 1st Prize" . Concurso de retrato Modportrait (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2018 .
Further reading
Joseph Bravo, The Bread and Butter Paintings of Conor Walton , JosephMBravo.com, 5 November 2017
James Waller, Conor Walton: Pessimism, Painting and the Incandescent Spark , West Cork Review, 5 February 2017
"It's a Great Time to be a Cultural Pessimist" , Interview with Conor Walton, Penduline Press, 15 June 2013
Andres Orlowski, Access to Incandescence: The Paintings of Conor Walton , Combustus Magazine 23 May 2014
John Seed, Conor Walton: Contemplating Higher Things , The Huffington Post, 1 September 2014
Niall MacMonagle, Black Hole by Conor Walton , The Irish Independent, 25 November 2013
Jane Humphries, Elements , Irish Arts Review , Winter 2012, pp. 76–77
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