Average Sales per Year
Sean O'Sullivan

Sean O'Sullivan (1906 - 1964) was active/lived in Ireland, England.  Sean OSullivan is known for Portrait painting, teaching, book design, printmaking.

Biography photo for Sean O'Sullivan
Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964)

The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a scholarship and studied lithography* at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.  After this, he studied fine art painting and figure painting in Paris at the Acadamie Colarossi* and La Grande Chaumiere*.  In Paris, he met many people who influenced him.  One of his Parisian neighbours was the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929).  In addition, he met and made friends with Irishmen Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and Thomas MacGreevy, as well as the French painter Goeorges Rouault (1871-1958).

Returning to London in the mid 1920s, O'Sullivan found work in book design and printmaking*.  Moving back to Dublin, he focused on portrait art, completing a number of paintings in oils as well as crayon and pencil.

He began exhibiting at the Royal Hiberni   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2502 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 372 auction lots for Sean O'Sullivan (of which 249 auction records sold and 1 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Sean O'Sullivan as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Sean O'Sullivan in 0 of its research Essays. Sean O'Sullivan has 15 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Sean O'Sullivan available:    John Henry Foley,  Henry Thaddeus,  Hugh Douglas Hamilton,  Tom Nisbet,  George Collie,  Thomas Ryan,  Estella Frances Solomons,  Patrick Hennessy,  Augustus Nicholas Burke,  Carey Clarke,  Sarah Henrietta Purser,  Cecil Maguire,  Sean Keating,  Cecil French Salkeld,  Walter Frederick Osborne,  Daniel O'Neill,  Norman Garstin,  Joseph Malachy Kavanagh,  William II Sadler,  Mark O'Neill,  Patrick Leonard,  Colin Watson,  Peter Collis,  George K Gillespie



Copyright © 1999-2024 askART.com and underlying auction houses. All Rights Reserved. Digital copying of these images and content strictly prohibited; violators will be subject to the law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Charts for Sean O'Sullivan

sample charts

Auction Sales Stats for Sean O'Sullivan

Auction Records  (+) 372        New Item(s) 
% Lots Sold Subscribers
High auction price Subscribers
High auction price date Subscribers
High price / sq. inch Subscribers
High price / sq. inch date
Subscribers
Top