WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

32 William Eric Horsbrugh-Porter (1905-1985) VIEW OF WILD FLOWERS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SEA oil on board signed with initials lower right; with partial label on reverse 20 by 26in. (50.8 by 66cm) Presented in its original frame. Horsbrugh-Porter, a native of Dalkey Co. Dublin, attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art before continuing his education at the renowned Slade School, London, where he held both the Slade Scholarship and the Robert Ross Scholarship. In 1928 he collaborated with his friend, the London born artist Stephen Bone, painting murals for Piccadilly Underground. From 1926 to 1974 he showed more than forty works at the Royal Hibernian Academy, including Wild Roses in 1972, his second penultimate exhibition in the RHA prior to his death in 1985. €400-€600 (£290-£430 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 32