Author: Peter Murray
Number Of Pages: 80
Publisher: Eblana Editions
Release Date: 05-04-2002
Details: John O'Leary died in 1999 at the age of 70, and his work was given due accord in a major retrospective exhibition in 2002 at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. This book was published to coincide with that exhibition and as a celebration of his life and work. A response to the Irish landscape lies at the heart of O'Leary's painting. He responded to those abstract qualities of form, texture and colour that he felt contained the essence of landscape. While he sought inspiration in the countryside and coastal areas of Sligo and Mayo, in terms of style he was influenced by post-war abstraction in Paris, in particular by the work of the Russian painter Serge Poliakoff. John O'Leary's achievements as a painter have been given the recognition they deserve in this book.
EAN: 9780946846849
Item Condition: UsedLikeNew