The Arthur Maderson Collection -
 



    Another artist on display at the Riverview Art Gallery is Arthur Maderson. Between 1959 and 1963 Arthur attended the Camberwell School of Art, London, where in 1963 won the Anna Berry Student of the Year Award. Up until 1983, although Arthur continued to paint, he destroyed all his work. In the early eighties however he began to hold major one-man exhibitions throughout the UK and Ireland, and even in the continent. His works have also been displayed in major mixed exhibitions as far away as San Francisco. In 1987 Arthur was awarded the Royal West of England Academy Cornelissen Award for Most Distinguished Painting.

Arthur has written numorous articles for magazines. More recently, he was a major contributor to an authoritive book on paintings, by Jeremy Galton, "The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques"

Arthur has written numerous articles for magazines. More recently he was a major contributor to an authoritative bock on painting by Jeremy Calton, ‘The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques’. Other books include ‘Light’ by Lucy Willis, and ‘Modern 011 Impressionists’ by Ron Ranson, where he was included in a list of seventeen of the worlds most successful and popular figurative painters. There are now plans to publish a number of new books which will include his Irish paintings, in particular the Lismore River Pool and Tallow Horse Fair series. Arthur and his paintings have been featured on television in the UK and also on RTE’s The Pure Drop’. Recently his work appeared in a new magazine ‘International Artist’ where he was one of only eight European artists featured in ‘Modern Master Painters of the World’ .