Artist: Brian Bourke HRHA (b.1936) Irish Title: Head in Landscape No.1 (1970) Signature: signed, titled and dated 1970 verso Medium: oil on canvas Size: 124½ x 83.40cm (49 x 32.8in) Framed Size: 127.1 x 86.2cm (50 x 33.9in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} The figure and the landscape, often both at the same time, are Brian Bourkes staple subjects. A gifted, expansive draughtsman, he pursues themes J in a Basque Hat, Mad Sweeney, Don Quixote, his local landscape be it in Dublin, Connemara, or Switzerland with obsessive intensity, never tackling ... Read more The figure and the landscape, often both at the same time, are Brian Bourkes staple subjects. A gifted, expansive draughtsman, he pursues themes J in a Basque Hat, Mad Sweeney, Don Quixote, his local landscape be it in Dublin, Connemara, or Switzerland with obsessive intensity, never tackling a subject just once, but always in series. In the 1970s he embarked on a series of portrait busts, sculptures and then paintings of the sculptures, with the intention of encapsulating the whole person and personality in the image of the head. Aidan Dunne, November 2020
Artist: Brian Bourke HRHA (b.1936) Irish Title: Head in Landscape No.1 (1970) Signature: signed, titled and dated 1970 verso Medium: oil on canvas Size: 124½ x 83.40cm (49 x 32.8in) Framed Size: 127.1 x 86.2cm (50 x 33.9in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} The figure and the landscape, often both at the same time, are Brian Bourkes staple subjects. A gifted, expansive draughtsman, he pursues themes J in a Basque Hat, Mad Sweeney, Don Quixote, his local landscape be it in Dublin, Connemara, or Switzerland with obsessive intensity, never tackling ... Read more The figure and the landscape, often both at the same time, are Brian Bourkes staple subjects. A gifted, expansive draughtsman, he pursues themes J in a Basque Hat, Mad Sweeney, Don Quixote, his local landscape be it in Dublin, Connemara, or Switzerland with obsessive intensity, never tackling a subject just once, but always in series. In the 1970s he embarked on a series of portrait busts, sculptures and then paintings of the sculptures, with the intention of encapsulating the whole person and personality in the image of the head. Aidan Dunne, November 2020
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