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The Irish portraitist and still-life painter James Sinton Sleator was born in County Antrim in 1889. He studied drawing and painting at Belfast School of Art for several years and joined the Belfast Art Society, before moving to Dublin and enrolling at the Metropolitan School of Art. Here, Sleator studied under William Orpen winning gold and silver medals for still-life painting. In 1914, he left art school and joined William Orpen's London studio as an assistant. In 1915, he exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) and became a teacher at the Dublin Metropolitan Art School (now the National College of Art & Design). In 1917, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and he became a member in the same year - an amazing feat. (http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/irish-artists/james-sleator.htm) undefined