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Sam Cairncross

b.1913

École des Beaux Arts, Paris

Sam Cairncross - Boys And Boats

Oil on board

Boys And Boats

Sam Cairncross was awarded a scholarship to Paris in 1947, where he became immersed in modern European art. The self-taught Wellington painter studied in a prestigious Parisian art school and exhibited in a major dealer gallery. The story goes that Cairncross befriended Cubist Georges Braque and became known as ‘the Expressionist from the Pacific’.

Essay

Dimensions: 583x460mm