Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 21st October 2019

28 20 John Skelton Snr (1923-2009) Spring, Dublin signed lower right and titled verso oil on board 46 x 61cm (18 x 24in) Provenance: Private Collection John Skelton studied at Queens University in Belfast, Belfast College of Art and St Martin’s School of Art, London. It was in London that he started his professional career and where he came under the influence of the Euston Road School in the late 1940s. He worked initially in advertising as Art Director and illustrator of books, most of them educational. After 1975 he worked full-time as an artist. Up to the late 1980s, Skelton was a frequent exhibitor in group shows, particularly the annual Royal Hibernian Academy and the Watercolour Society shows in Dublin. In later years however, his work was in such demand that he contributed to these less often. During the 1970s and early 1980s he earned a reputation as a gifted teacher and lecturer in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. €1,500-2,500 (£1,327-2,212)