Colin Middleton
(1910 - 1983)

 

Colin Middleton MB was a Northern Irish landscape artist, figure painter, and surrealist. Middleton's prolific output in an eclectic variety of modernist styles is characterised by an intense inner vision, augmented by his lifelong interest in documenting the lives of ordinary people. He has been described as ‘Ireland's greatest surrealist.’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Middleton

The Trojan Horse
1942
Oil on canvasboard
36 x 26cm
Private collection (sold at Adam’s December 08, 2021)
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