Artist, born in County Wicklow, Ireland. In the early-1950s he ended his business career to become a painter. He was soon showing at RHA and went on to participate in numerous group exhibitions in Ireland, Britain and on the continent. His first show outside Ireland was at New Charing Cross Gallery, Glasgow, in 1964. Other solo exhibitions took place at Compass Gallery, Glasgow; Angela Flowers; Oliver Dowling Gallery in Dublin, in 1984; and Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, 1981, which was a retrospective. Many public collections hold King’s work, including Contemporary Irish Art Society; Museum of Modern Art in New York; Ulster Museum, Belfast; Victoria & Albert Museum; and Tate Gallery.