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Basil Blackshaw, b.1932

The Fall1975

The Fall is a 1975 work by Basil Blackshaw. It is not currently on display in IMMA. It is part of the IMMA Permanent Collection.

Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	72 x 140 cm
Credit Line	IMMA Collection: Heritage Gift by Bank of Ireland, 1999
Item Number	IMMA.1262
Not on view
Tags	Painting 1975 Basil Blackshaw

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Basil Blackshaw, The Fall, 1975, Oil on canvas, 72 x 140 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Heritage Gift by Bank of Ireland, 1999

About the Artist

Basil Blackshaw 1932–2016

Basil Blackshaw is the foremost Northern Irish painter of his generation. He studied at the Belfast College of Art and he is best known for his post expressionist landscape paintings, portraits, equine and animal paintings. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland organised a retrospective of his work in 1995 and the Ulster Museum held a major exhibition of his work in 2002. The F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio and the Royal Hibernian Academy both held exhibitions to mark the artist’s 80th birthday. — View Artist »