Kenneth Webb (artist)

Known chiefly for his richly coloured impressionist landscapes, he has also produced figurative and abstract work over the course of his career which spans seven decades.

[1] In 1945 he received a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art but was called up for national service in the Fleet Air Arm.

[8] In 1959 Webb was commissioned to paint the altarpiece for Bangor Abbey, which stands 25 ft high and took two years to complete.

In the wake of this project he was in great demand for commercial work, being commissioned by British Steel, Shell, and The Post Office among others.

[1] The highest price paid at auction for a work by Kenneth Webb was recorded in 2005, when his Galway - City of Tribes series, was sold at Whytes, in Dublin, for €132,000.