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Patrick O’Sullivan (b.1940)
Wallpiece II
Carrara marble on a Kilkenny Limestone base,
height 26.5cm (10"”) (including base)
Provenance: Property of a deceased estate,
Northern Ireland
Exhibited: “Patrick O’Sullivan Exhibition”
!e Octagon Gallery,Belfast May 1980, cat no. 3
where purchased by the current owner.
Patrick O’Sullivan was born in London of Irish/
Dublin parents he moved to the North of England
after his Father’s death in the London blitz. He
initially studied locally at the Carlisle College of
Art before movingin 1960 to the Royal Academy
School where he trained under Arnold Machen and
was awarded three Landseer prizes and three silver
medals for sculpture. He became a tutor in
sculpture at St. Martins School of Art 1967
- 70 where his contemporaries included Barry
Flanaghan, Philip King and Richard Long.
In 1970 he decided to move to Ireland set-
tling in Cork with his wife Grace and took up
a position at the Cork School of Art. He has
exhibited at the RHA, Oliver Dowling and
later at Taylor Galleries Dublin and Triskel
Art Centre Cork. His work is included in
the Crawford Gallery, Cork, Arts Council of
Ireland Permanent Collection, UCD and the
Fitzgerald Sculpture Park, Cork to name but
a few.
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