| Sean Fingleton | |
| Birth Name: | Sean Fingleton |
| Birth Date: | 1950 |
| Known For: | Painting (especially landscapes and seascapes) |
| Occupation: | Visual artist |
| Alma Mater: | University College Dublin Letterkenny RTC NCAD |
Sean Fingleton (born 1950) is an Irish visual artist who works mainly in oil and is noted for Irish landscapes and seascapes.[1]
Fingleton was born in Malin, County Donegal in 1950.[2] He attended University College Dublin, where he earned a BA in Philosophy and English Studies. He also received an H.Dip in Higher Education and studied art at Letterkenny RTC[3] and the National College of Art and Design. In 2019, 8 pieces of his work related to Donegal were loaned to and placed on display at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, successor to one of his almae mater.[4]
Fingleton received the Royal Hibernian Academy’s Fergus O'Ryan Award in 1983 and the Guinness Peat Aviation Emerging Artists Award in 1986, as well as the Independent Artists Painting Bursary.[5] He was elected by his peers to the Irish national artists' academy, Aosdána.[6]
Two of his works are in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art,[7] his painting, Coastal Scene, is part of the European Parliament art collection in Strasbourg,[8] and his work is also on display at the Royal Hospital in Gloucester in England, and the residence of the President of Ireland, Aras an Uachtarain.[6]