Albert Irvin. Painting the Human Spirit
memory of Albert Irvin, recently deceased. Irvin's passionate abstraction is well recognised and the artist himself, known to all as Bert, was a universally admired and loved human being.
Irvin first attended art school ... where Irvin was a navigator. In 1946, Irvin resumed his studies, at Goldsmiths College in London, an institution to which he will return as teacher. In 1965, Irvin becomes a member of The London Group ... Gimpel Fils have chosen to hold it on the anniversary of Bert's birthday, 21 August.
Albert Irvin, Pegasus, 1982, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120 in/213.4