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Career

A View of Port na Blagh, Sheephaven Bay, County Donegal.

James Humbert Craig's first exhibition was in 1915 at the Royal Hibernian Academy. James Humbert Craig was a member of many different societies and academies in his career. In 1920, he joined the Belfast Art Society until 1930 when it became the Ulster Academy of Arts, of which he also became an elected member. In 1921 he also became a member of another society in Ulster, called the Ulster Society of Painters. 1928 was a highly successful year for James, as he not only exhibited his work in the Fine Arts Society in London, he also became a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy within the year. James began to get much recognition nationally and even got the opportunity to represent his country in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in the art competition. James never chose to paint for money, he only painted when he felt inspired or in a state of mind. James travelled all over Europe during his career, including many different countries and regions like North of Spain, Switzerland, and the South of France. Although his favorite place to paint was at home in Ireland where he also felt most inspired. Craig loved to paint outdoors, as it is where he felt most inspired. He once said that “if painters only knew the charm of the Glens they would come from all parts of the world to depict them on canvas". James worked right up to his death in 1944, when he travelled to Donegal to paint until he became ill and had to travel back to the Glens. James as an artist steered away from adapting the foreign modernism ideas that were widely spread. Instead, he decided to further develop his desire for Irish subject matter.