Frank egginton biography

'LOUGH CURRANE, MC GILLYCUDDY, COUNTY KERRY'SIZE: H 20" x W 29" Result: £1,100Date: 15/03/2023

'NEAR BUNOWEN, CONNEMARA'SIZE: H 14" x W 20" Result: £1,000Date: 27/08/2024

'BEACHED ROWING BOAT'SIZE: H 20" x W 29" Result: £800Date: 30/10/2023

'STREAM AT MULROY BAY, DONEGAL'SIZE: H 14" x W 20" Result: £800Date: 11/05/2022

'HORN HEAD, DONEGAL'SIZE: H 14" x W 20" Result: £750Date: 16/01/2024

'SHEEP GRAZING, CONNEMARA'SIZE: H 20" x W 30" Result: £700Date: 02/10/2023

'RECESS, CONNEMARA'SIZE: H 14" x W 21" Result: £650Date: 13/04/2023

'THE KENMARE RIVER, COUNTY KERRY'SIZE: H 14.5" x W 21" Result: £600Date: 29/11/2022

'TENDING CATTLE DONEGAL'SIZE: H 21" x W 30" Result: £600Date: 19/11/2024

'THE ARDS WALL, CREESLOUGH, DONEGAL'SIZE: H 15" x W 21" Result: £600Date: 30/06/2023

'THE TWELVE PINS FROM NEAR MWEENISH, CONNEMARA'SIZE: H 10" x W 14" Result: £600Date: 08/09/2021

'LOUGH NEAGH BELOW GLENAVY'SIZE: H 10" x W 14" Result: £600Date: 28/11/2023

'CATTLE GRAZING , DONEGAL'SIZE: H 14" x W 21" Result: £550Da

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Frank Egginton

Frank Egginton, the son of Wycliffe Egginton, was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, on 10th November 1908. When he was a baby, the family moved to Newton Abbot in Devon, his father having been appointed head master of the College of Art there. Educated at Newton College and then Netwon Abbot College of Art, he then spent some time in an architect's office perfecting his drawing. In 1921 the family moved to Teignmouth, Devon. He was a keen ornithologist and during his younger days he painted during bird watching trips to Iceland and Switzerland.

Whilst visiting County Donegal, Ireland in 1930 he painted some pictures for a businessman who was a friend of his fathers. As the years went by he began to stay longer and longer in Ireland every year. He exhibited The Calabber River, County. Donegal at the 1936 Royal Scottish Academy. In 1938, Egginton visited the USA and spent several months travelli

Frank Egginton RCA FIAL1908 - 1990

Frank Egginton, son of the painter Wycliffe Egginton, was born in Cheshire and educated at Newton College and then Newton Abbot College of Art, before spending some time in an architect’s office perfecting his drawing. In 1930 he visited Co. Donegal to paint and continued to return year after year. He exhibited The Calabber River, Co. Donegal at the 1936 Royal Scottish Academy. In 1938 he visited the USA and spent several months travelling and painting the landscape and American Indians in

their villages. During the Second World War he worked in a Belfast factory, and in 1946 he moved with his wife to Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. A keen ornithologist, in his younger days he had painted on bird-watching trips in Iceland and Switzerland.  Between 1932 and 1938 Egginton exhibited a selection of works with Donegal connections at the Royal Hibernian Academy. In 1952 he was part of a joint exhibition at the Victor Waddington Galleries in Dublin with Howard Knee. A regular exhibitor with the Fine Art Society in London, Egginton showed well over one hundre

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