Henry Robertson Craig Scottish, 1916-1984
The Boxer, 1939

£2,000

Ink and wash on paper
Signed ‘Harry’ and dated (lower right)
58 × 38 cm (74 × 54 cm framed)

Henry Robertson Craig studied at the Dundee College of Art, where he met his lifelong partner the Irish artist, Patrick Hennessy (1915-1980). Moving to Dublin permanently in 1947, he set up studio with Hennessy. He was appointed an academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1956. His work is held in the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and the National Self Portrait Collection, University of Limerick.