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Carborundum print, 60 x 90cms (23.75 x 35.5”)
Editioned 16/35
Provenance: The Graphic Studio, Dublin (exhibition label verso)
€ 500 - 700
Kilkenny born painter Tony O’Malley began painting full time in 1958 having worked as a Bank Clerk previously while painting in his spare time. He is best known for his paint-
ings done in Cornwall, where he lived for thirty years after visiting St Ives in 1955 and returning to settle there in 1960. While he was strongly influenced by the St Ives artistic
community, his relationship was one of engagement rather than direct participation, although he did meet and work with Peter Lanyon and Patrick Heron. He spent winters
in the Bahamas, which had a further strong influence on his art, which became more vibrant and colourful.
His work has been exhibited at the RHA, Taylor Galleries, Coram Gallery in London and he represented Ireland at ROSC ‘80. An honorary member of the RHA (elected 1990),
he was elected Saoi of Aosdana in 1993 and the following year received an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College Dublin. The Irish Museum of Modern Art held a major
retrospective of his work in 2005.