TP Flanagan RUA (b.1929)

The respected landscape watercolourist TP Flanagan was born in County Fermanagh. He learned the arts of watercolour painting from the famous local landscape artist Kathleen Bridle when in his late teens. Later, he painted her portrait - now in the Ulster Museum - and interviewed her in a film of her life and art, which was produced shortly before her death in 1989.

TP Flanagan spent the majority of his painting career in Ireland, but his landscapes have received wide attention and his work has been recognised both in Ireland and abroad.

Rocks and Foreshore

He exhibited regularly in the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in Dublin and at the Royal Ulster Academy Of Arts (RUA) in Belfast. In 1995 the Ulster Museum staged a major retrospective of his paintings (1945-1995). Other retrospectives were held at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin and the Stadsmusueum, Gothenberg, Sweden. His pictures were also included in the show "A Century of Irish Painting" organized by the Hugh Lane Gallery which toured Japanese Museums in 1995.

Small Paddock, Lissadell. 1973

TP Flanagan was elected associate of the RUA in 1960, a full member in 1964 and President 1978-82.

More Information About Visual Arts in Ireland

• For details of other landscape artists from Ulster, see: Irish Artists: Paintings and Biographies.
• For more about art in Northern Ireland, see: Irish Art Guide.

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