Ages and styles of Europe
 
  abstract/modern
 

 
 

the designers

 
Robert Ballagh

* Dublin, 1943

   
 
Studied architecture and worked as an engineering draughtsman, a musician and a postman.

Took up painting in 1967; his works are on display in many important collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Ulster Museum, the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery and the Albrecht Dürer House, Nürnberg.

Designed the final series of Irish pound banknotes before the introduction of the euro, and has designed more than 70 stamps for the Irish Post Office.