€50
Star Lot: A stunning Michael O'Connell (b.1898 - d.1976) mid century modernist batik artwork. Features an abstracted composition of two figures under a stylised tree. Signed O'Connell bottom right and housed in a complementary red frame. O'Connell was an extremely influential textile artist of the mid century with works fetching hundreds at auction.
MM: 53 x 60 cm including frame
Born in Cumbria in 1898 O’Connell moved to Australia in 1920. Over the following 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement in Melbourne. O’Connell, a member of the Arts and Crafts Society of Melbourne, made an enormous contribution to the development of Modernism in Australia through his innovative and dynamic textiles. Furthermore on his return to the UK in 1937, O’Connell became a key figure in contemporary textile design, working with renowned textile manufacturer Heals. O’Connell was also commissioned to produce the celebrated Festival of Britain wall hangings in 1951, which are now in the collection of the Museum of English Rural Life, Reading.
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