Owen Walsh 1933 – 2002: Light and Colour
The art of Owen Walsh reflects a passionate commitment to painting throughout a life. From the early scenes of Westport to the strong, almost...
Friday, 6th July - Saturday, 8th September 2012
Owen Walsh 1933 – 2002: Colour and Light opening view 6pm, Thursday, the 5th of July 2012 at the National College of Art and Design Gallery, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. Exhibition continues 1pm-5pm daily, Mon- Sat, 6th July – 8th September 2012.
The art of Owen Walsh reflects a passionate commitment to painting throughout a life. From the early scenes of Westport to the strong, almost abstract colour harmonies of his later work, Walsh’s career was one of intense attention to the visual world, to questions of representation, to the relationship between the different elements of a work, and to the act of painting itself.
Walsh was born in 1933 in Westport, Co. Mayo. From his early training in Dublin’s National College of Art, he was immediately marked as a student of promise, winning several prizes. He studied in Spain, Italy and France, bringing the vibrant, rich colours of the Mediterranean back to Dublin and Mayo. His paintings reveal a unique approach to the painting of landscape, of urban scenes and of the nude figure, and he is regarded as one of Ireland’s most important colourists.
This exhibition aims to reposition Walsh’s work within the history of Irish painting in the twentieth century, and to celebrate and explore Walsh’s individual creative vision and achievement.
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For more information please contact +353 (0) 1 6364390 or gallery@ncad.ie
Open Mon – Fri 1pm- 5pm, NCAD Gallery, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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