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237 Lisburn Road, Belfast
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BT9 7EN, Northern Ireland
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William Conor (1881-1968)
Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic
portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of Design
in Belfast in the 1890s. He initially worked as a commercial artist, before being commissioned during
WWI by the British government to produce official records of soldiers and munitions workers. He moved
to London in 1920 and there met and socialised with such artists as Sir John Lavery and Augustus John.
He exhibited at the RA in 1921 and in Dublin at the RHA from 1918-1967, showing there nearly 200 works.
Conor was one of the first Academicians when the Belfast Art Society became the Ulster Academy of Arts
in 1930. He became an Associate RHA in 1938 and a full member in 1946. Exhibitions at the Victor Waddington
Galleries were held in 1944 and 1948. In 1952 he was awarded the OBE and in 1957 he was elected President
of the RUA - an office he held until 1964. More than 50 works of his in crayon and watercolour are in
the permanent collections of the Ulster Museum.
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