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Oil and tempera on board, 62.5 x 60cm (24½ x 23½’’)
€ 2,000 - 3,000
Patrick Pye was born in England but grew up in Dublin. He started painting in 1943 under the sculptor Oisin Kelly, and later studied at
the National College of Art. In 1957 he won the Mainie Jellett Scholarship, which enabled him to travel extensively in Europe. It was
while on visit to the National Museum in Barcelona that he became influenced by Romanesque Catalan art, and this turned his attention
to Christian iconography. He also studied stained glass at the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Holland under Alberrt Troost.
Patrick Pye has completed many major commissions on religious themes, including those at Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick; Church of
the Ressurrection, Belfast; Convent of Mercy, Cookstown, Co.Tyrone; and Fossa chapel, Killarney. A triptych illustrating man’s expulsion
from the Garden of Eden hangs at Bank of Ireland headquaters on Baggot Street in Dublin, and he made the Stations of the Cross for
Ballycasheen church in Killarney.
Pye’s faith has provided an underlying context for most of his work, although this is not always evident. In 2005 Pye was awarded a D.Phil
by Maynooth University. He is founding member of Aosdana, of which he became a member in 1981. He lives and works in Tallaght,
Dublin.