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Article: ART: PRIVATE VIEW: Charles Mahoney to 14 Apr The Fine Art Society, London W1
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2000
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Charles Mahoney, whose career spans the middle years of the 20th
century, was a fine draughtsman, a respected teacher and a very able
muralist who lived the sort of life that could only have existed in
England between the wars.
He was dedicated to his art but completely oblivious to the
changing currents that occupied the rest of the art world. His work
lacks the visionary eccentricity of his contemporary Stanley Spencer,
or the wit of Edward Bawden, but he shows a serious devotion to his
chosen path and no small talent.
His murals are perhaps his greatest achievement: ...