€800 - €1,600
Star Lot: Tom Byrne (Irish Contemporary b.1962). A wonderful large original Tom Byrne (b. 1962) acrylic and varnish on canvas painting. Features an intense portrait of Irish trade unionist James Connolly, who was executed for his party in the 1916 rebellion . Wonderful likeness achieved through confident and gestural brushstrokes, creating a dynamic composition. Rendered in vivid shades of lilacs, greens and browns. Signed lower right. Housed in a white wooden frame. Byrne has a very strong auction history with works fetching upwards of €3000 at Whyte's.
MM: 51 x 61 cm including frame.
Tom Byrne was born in Dublin in 1962. He studied at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, where he trained in the Bauhaus tradition, a revolutionary 20th century school of artistic training which integrated craftsmanship, art and technology. Byrne describes, "religion, politics and celebrity all play equally important roles in my work". His strong interest in current affairs along with his punk mentality merges to create an artist who is in tune with the world around him. Informed by spirituality and popular culture alike, the artist thinks of himself as a contemporary artist first and foremost, selecting beauty from everyday experience and channeling it into painterly abstractions.
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