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Patrick Swift

Patrick Swift (1927 - 1983) was active/lived in Ireland, Portugal.  Patrick Swift is known for Portrait, figure, tree, land-and cityscape painting.

Patrick Swift (1927-1983)

A figurative painter, he also painted portraits, rural and urban landscapes, and trees, which held a special fascination for him.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was a painter in Dublin and London before moving to the Algarve in Southern Portugal.

A self-taught artist, he did attend night classes at the National College of Art in 1946 (under Sean Keating) and later set up his studio on Hatch Street.  Swift was part of the McDaid's pub circle of artistic and literary figures that included Patrick Kavanagh, Anthony Cronin, Brendan Behan, and others.  He first exhibited in group shows at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1950 & 1951.  In 1952 he held his first solo exhibition at Waddington Galleries to great critical acclaim. Critic Tony Gray wrote in the Irish Times: "Paddy's 30 canvases are as gray and gloomy as Dublin itself—harshly realistic paintings of dead birds and rabbits, frightened-looking girls and twist   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5252 characters.]  Artist bio

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