After a 33-year transformation by artist Ron Gittins, a flat in Oxton filled with a range of fascinating art has been purchased by a mystery benefactor following a campaign to preserve it, reports the Birkenhead News.
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Birkenhead News writes:
Until his death in 2019 aged 79, Ron Gittins obsessively painted walls, ceilings and floors of his rented flat, creating an idiosyncratic living monument to his passion for ancient history.
Ron also sculpted four massive concrete fireplaces, most notably, one in the form of a roaring lion’s head and another in the form of a minotaur…
When the property was put up for auction… an anonymous benefactor stepped up and bought the property at auction to save the artwork.
The Saving Ron’s Place group revealed that the mystery donor had loaned the necessary £335,000…
Chris Johnson, Auctioneer at Smith and Sons commented, ‘Ron’s Place was inevitably the most talked about lot in the auction..’
