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Louis Le Brocquy

Louis Le Brocquy (1916 - 2012) was active/lived in Ireland.  Louis Le Brocquy is known for Abstract head portrait and landscape painting.

Described as "a towering figure in the history of Irish painting", Louis Le Brocquy, born 1916, has had a 70 year career as an artist.  Marking his 90th birthday in 2006, eleven one-person exhibitions of his work were organized in Ireland and abroad.  In their editorial dated November 4, 2006, a reviewer for The Irish Times wrote: Louis le Brocquy, the elder statesman of Irish art, is currently the subject of a number of celebratory exhibitions and events to mark his ninetieth birthday, not only in Ireland but also in Paris and London. The celebrations and accolades have been well earned after more than seven decades during which this self-taught artist has come to be recognized both at home and internationally as the foremost Irish painter of the 20th century.

He is especially noted for his portrait heads of notable writers and painers including Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and William Butler Yeats.  Other figural subjects were rootless people l   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4869 characters.]  Artist bio

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