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Basil Blackshaw - Irish (1932)

Basil Blackshaw is an Irish painter, born in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1932. He attended Methodist College Belfast and went on to study at The Belfast College of Art . In 1951 he was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris. Since then he has mainly worked in Co. Antrim. He is highly regarded for his loose application of paint and a very distinctive use of colour. His themes are often rural including greyhounds, Irish travellers and the landscape.