Norman J McCaig
N J MCCAIG 1929----2000
N. J MCCAIG WAS BORN IN BANGOR CO. DOWN IN1929 HE STUDIED AT BELFAST COLLEGE OF ATR AND THE ACADAMY OF ART VAVIN ,PARIS.
IN 1948 HE HELD HIS FIRST EXHIBITION ALONG WITH JOSEPH SEFTON IN THE ACADAMY OF ART PARIS WHICH WAS NO SMALL ACHIEVEMENT IN THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES.HE HAS HAD MANY ONE MAN SHOWS IN IRELAND
NORMANS MEDIUM IS OIL. HIS RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDE LANDSCAPES,SEASCAPES AND HARBOUR SCENES. HIS USE OF RICH COLOUR APPLIED LIBERALLY ENABLED HIM TO ACHIEVE AN ATMOSPHERIC AND DRAMATIC EFFECT MAKING HIM A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ARTIST IN HIS LIFE TIME.
HIS WORK IS HUGELY SOUGHT AFTER SINCE HIS DEATH IN 2000 AND CAN BE FOUND IN MANY PRESTEGIOUS COLLECTIONS THROUGH OUT THE WORLD
NOT ONLY WAS HE A GIFTED PAINTER BUT ALSO A VERY ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST
HE PLAYED IN MANY OF BELFASTS NIGHTSPOTS .HE WAS A HUGELY POPULAR FIGURE IN HIS LIFE TIME AND NOW THAT HE HAS PASSED IT IS AN HONOUR TO OWN HIS WORK
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