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Watercolour, 64 x 49cm (23½ x 18½’’)
Signed and dated (19)’98
Provenance: With the Taylor Galleries, Dublin (label verso)
€ 10,000 - 15,000
A self taught artist, Louis le Brocquy was born in Dublin and abandoned his job working in a lab in 1938 to pursue a career in painting. In 1947 le Brocquy
moved to London which was to be his base for the next ten years, and showed his work in Paris, New York and Italy. He married Anne Madden in 1958 and
began dividing his time between France and Ireland.
Considered the most important Irish artist of the second half of the 20th Century, a progression of styles comparable to that of Picasso is apparent in le
Brocquy’s paintings. He has played a significant role in the Irish art world, helping to found the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1943, and receiving two honorary
doctorates – one from Trinity College and the other from University College Dublin. A multitalented artist, he is also known for his tapestries, prints and illus-
trations, and has received international acclaim with retrospectives held in France, Spain, Japan, Australia and the US.