Peter Prendergast

Peter Prendergast was one of Britain’s leading landscape painters. Inspired by the surroundings of his Snowdonia home, his bold expressionist paintings are noted for their vigour and energy. Born in Abertridwr, South Wales in 1946, he trained at Slade School of Art, where he was taught by Frank Auerbach. He exhibited widely in Britain and abroad including most recently Drawings, Martin Tinney Gallery, 2009, Commemorative Exhibition, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, and Newport Museum, 2007 and important group exhibitions such as Wales on Canvas, the Welsh Assembly and British Council, Brussels, 2007 and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition every year, 1997-2004 amongst many others. His work is included in many private and public collections including the Tate Gallery, The National Museum of Wales, Stadts Gallery, Stuttgart, and the British Museum and Art Council Collection. Peter Prendergast died suddenly in January 2007, aged 60 years.

Peter Prendergast exhibited in Éigse in 1994.

Art collection

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Origins

Set up in 1992, The Carlow Art Collection is a voluntary community initiative that has been surrounded by goodwill and generosity from the people of Carlow. It has expanded into a diverse collection of work with artists from around the world. CAC became a fully registered charity in 2018. The home of our art collection is in Carlow College. The Carlow Art Collection is free to view in the front halls of Carlow College, Monday to Friday, and in the garden every day of the year.

Today

The art works in the permanent collection include painting, print, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography, live art, film and activism, with more to come. The collection and CAC projects reflect a broad range of art by over thirty artists, many of whom visited, exhibited, engaged with or lived in the area.

Our Goal

The CAC is deeply indebted to the artists who contribute to the collection, to its board members past and present, and to the many people and organisations that support it technically and financially. The Carlow Art Collection will continue to expand on the ideas of what art is and what an art collection can be, and become.