Colin Middleton
Colin Middleton  | |
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| Born | 29 January 1910 Belfast, Ireland  | 
| Died | 23 December 1983 Belfast, Northern Ireland  | 
| Alma mater | Belfast School of Art | 
| Known for | painting, printmaking | 
| Style | surrealist, expressionist | 
| Elected | Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts | 
Colin Middleton MBE (29 January 1910 – 23 December 1983) was a Northern Irish landscape artist, figure painter, and surrealist. Middleton's prolific output in an eclectic variety of modernist styles is characterised by an intense inner vision, augmented by his lifelong interest in documenting the lives of ordinary people. He has been described as 'Ireland's greatest surrealist.'