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Frank Egginton RCA (1908-1990)
VIEW OF RIVER MAINE
watercolour
signed lower right
14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by the parents of the present owner
The River Maine runs through Castlemaine, Co. Kerry.Son of artist, Wycliffe Egginton, RI (1875-1951), Frank Egginton
was born in Cheshire and first visited Ireland in the 1930s. He is synonymous with views in watercolour of the Irish
countryside, particularly county Donegal. From the early 1930s many of his works were shown at the RHA, and later,
from 1952 at the Victor Waddington Gallery in Dublin. In the UK his works were shown at the Fine Art Society and Royal
Institute of Painters in Water Colours, London and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool among others. The artist’s daughter
and son-in-law own ‘The Gallery’, Dunfanaghy Co. Donegal since 1968.
€400-€600 (£290-£430 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 87Christmas Auction Ar t & Collectibles 8 December 2015