Lot 197: Joseph McWilliams PPRUA (b.1938) ORANGEMEN, CARLISLE CIRCUS, 1979

Joseph McWilliams PPRUA (b.1938) ORANGEMEN, CARLISLE CIRCUS, 1979
acrylic with collage on board
signed and dated [December] lower right; with inscribed gallery and exhibition labels on reverse
91 by 91cm., 36 by 36in.
Provenance:
Cavehill Gallery, Belfast; Collection of Bill Craig, former Northern Ireland Minister Private collection
Exhibited:
'Troubled Journey', Cavehill Gallery, Belfast, 1989, catalogue no. 27
Joseph McWilliams was born in Belfast and studied at the Belfast College of Art and at the Open University. McWilliams' work is rooted in Northern Ireland, its landscapes and politics and his 'Troubled Journey' series is perhaps his best known body of work chronicling the conflict in Northern Ireland. In 1986, along with his partner Catherine, he established the Cave Hill Gallery, Belfast. He has exhibited widely both in Ireland and abroad, most recently in an exhibition entitled, 'Dreams and Traditions: 300 Years of British and Irish Painting' from the Ulster Museum Collection which toured the USA in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute, Washington. His work can be found in the collection of the Northern Ireland Arts Council, Queen's University, Córas Iompair Éireann, the Department of the Environment (NI), AIB and the National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland among others.