Artist: Brian Bourke HRHA (b.1936) Irish Title: Two African Carvings and Plaster Head Signature: signed and titled verso Medium: oil on canvas Size: 100 x 100cm (39.4 x 39.4in) Framed Size: 102.8 x 102.8cm (40.5 x 40.5in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} A superb, naturally gifted draughtsman, Brian Bourke is equally well known as a painter of landscape and figurative subjects. In each case it seems he must be virtually obsessed by the subject, because he never makes a single work but always a series as he hunts the essence of what he sees. He plays... Read more A superb, naturally gifted draughtsman, Brian Bourke is equally well known as a painter of landscape and figurative subjects. In each case it seems he must be virtually obsessed by the subject, because he never makes a single work but always a series as he hunts the essence of what he sees. He plays masterfully on a pattern of contrasts generated by the juxtaposition of two African carvings and a pale plaster bust.
Artist: Brian Bourke HRHA (b.1936) Irish Title: Two African Carvings and Plaster Head Signature: signed and titled verso Medium: oil on canvas Size: 100 x 100cm (39.4 x 39.4in) Framed Size: 102.8 x 102.8cm (40.5 x 40.5in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} A superb, naturally gifted draughtsman, Brian Bourke is equally well known as a painter of landscape and figurative subjects. In each case it seems he must be virtually obsessed by the subject, because he never makes a single work but always a series as he hunts the essence of what he sees. He plays... Read more A superb, naturally gifted draughtsman, Brian Bourke is equally well known as a painter of landscape and figurative subjects. In each case it seems he must be virtually obsessed by the subject, because he never makes a single work but always a series as he hunts the essence of what he sees. He plays masterfully on a pattern of contrasts generated by the juxtaposition of two African carvings and a pale plaster bust.
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