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William Conor, 1881–1968

The Balloon Man

The Balloon Man is a work by William Conor. It is part of the IMMA Permanent Collection.

MediumColoured crayons
Dimensions 44.5 x 34.9 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Heritage Gift from the McClelland Collection by Noel and Anne Marie Smyth, 2004
Item NumberIMMA.1556 MCCL
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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William Conor, The Balloon Man, Coloured crayons, 44.5 x 34.9 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Heritage Gift from the McClelland Collection by Noel and Anne Marie Smyth, 2004

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

About the Artist

William Conor 1881–1968

Northern Irish artist William Conor studied at the Government School of Design in Belfast. During the First World War Conor was commissioned by the British government to complete portraits of soldiers and munitions workers. Working primarily in watercolour and wax crayon, his predominant subjects were the working classes in Ulster. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, London, and the Royal Hibernian Academy which he joined in 1946. His work is represented in major public collections.

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