€1,800 - €3,200
Super Star Lot: Tom Byrne (Irish, b.1962) A series of seven original Tom Byrne (b. 1962) oil on canvas paintings. Features intense portraits of the iconic Irish Republicans. Titled 'Patrick Pearse' 'Joseph Plunkett' ' Thomas Clarke' 'James Connolly' ' Eamonn Ceannt' 'Sean Mac Diarmada' and ' Thomas Mac Donagh'.
Rendered in a vibrant and naturalistic colour palette with subtle gradations. Portrays textured brushstrokes with palette knife techniques. Byrne uses varying brushwork in focal areas to draw attention. Each painting from the series characterises a cool colour palette with teal blues, greens and soft creams with fiery orange highlights. Signed lower left to each. Titled to base of frame. Housed in matching black frames.
MM: 38.5 x 44 cm including frames.
Byrne has a very strong auction history with works fetching upwards of €3000 at Whyte's.
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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