Patrick Leonard (1918 - 2005) was born in Rush, County Dublin in 1918. He studied under Seán Keating and Maurice MacGonigal at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin. He has exhibited at the RHA since 1941, and was elected an Honorary Member in 1983. Bouts of illness often interrupted his work as both artist and teacher.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas-board, 30.5 x 40 cm]