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'An Amazing Anthology of Modern Art': Place, Archetype and Identity in the Art of Colin Middleton
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Visual Culture in Britain
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January 1, 2008
- Author:
- Coulter, Riann
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For over seventy years, from the outset of his career to the present day, the Northern Irish painter Colin Middleton (1910-83), has been both celebrated and condemned for his eclecticism. Varying from post-impressionist influences to surrealism and expressionism, Middleton's stylistic range has in turn baffled, delighted and infuriated critics so that while some have lamented his 'stylistic zigzaging',1 others have rejoiced in his 'amazing anthology of modern art'.2
From 1945 Middleton regularly exhibited at the annual Irish Exhibition of Living Art,3 and from 1948 to 1957 he was represented by the Dublin dealer Victor Waddington.4 Nonetheless, his international influences and failure to ...