James Bingham (23 January 1925 – 8 December 2009) was a Belfast-based painter. He spent thirty years in
London
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working as a signwriter with his brother. In 1967 he returned to Belfast where he met fellow Belfast artist
Daniel O'Neill. They became friends and from 1968 he worked with O'Neill in his studio until O'Neill's death in 1974.
Bingham was born in
Belfast
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,
Northern Ireland
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and died there in 2009, after a long illness.
References
External links
ProfileApollo Gallery
ProfileGallery 4
O'Hare Irish Art
Profilewww.invaluable.com
1925 births
2009 deaths
Artists from Belfast
20th-century painters from Northern Ireland
Male painters from Northern Ireland
20th-century male artists from Northern Ireland
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