€330
Super Star Lot: A large Tom Byrne (Irish Contemporary b.1962). A stunning good size original Tom Byrne (b. 1962) acrylic, ink and varnish glazes on canvas painting. Features an intense portrait of famous Irish Poet and Playwright Seamus Heaney . Wonderful likeness achieved through confident and gestural brushstrokes, creating a dynamic composition. Rendered in vivid shades of violet, greens and blues. Signed bottom right and housed in a high quality wooden black frame. Byrne has a very strong auction history with works fetching upwards of €3000 at Whyte's.
MM: 62 x 74 cm including frame
Tom Byrne was born in Dublin in 1962. He studied at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, where he trained in the Bauhaus tradition, a revolutionary 20th century school of artistic training which integrated craftsmanship, art and technology. Byrne describes, "religion, politics and celebrity all play equally important roles in my work". His strong interest in current affairs along with his punk mentality merges to create an artist who is in tune with the world around him. Informed by spirituality and popular culture alike, the artist thinks of himself as a contemporary artist first and foremost, selecting beauty from everyday experience and channeling it into painterly abstractions.
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