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Dermot Seymour (
b.
1951)
THE QUEEN’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS OBSERVE THE KING OF JEWS APPEARING BEHIND
SEÁN MCGUIGAN’S SHEEP ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY, 1988
oil on linen
signed and dated lower left
60 by 44in. (152.40 by 111.76cm)
A self-taught artist, Dermot Seymour was born in Belfast in 1956. Like many of his contemporaries
Seymour deals with the subject of political turmoil in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s. He treats
political subject matter with social realism and absurdist humour. Seymour’s paintings often involve the
juxtaposition of political imagery in an Irish landscape setting accompanied by livestock and religious
or military symbolism. Seymour has had solo shows in Belfast, Dublin, Berlin and New York.
€
1,500-
€
2,000 (£1,110-£1,480 approx.)