€130
Star Lot: Blaithin O'Ciobhain (Irish, 1935) A pair of original Blaithin O'Ciobhain (Irish, 1935) acrylic and chalk pastel on paper paintings. Features still life studies of fruits and wine. Rendered in a classical colour palette with ochre tint. Great achievement of colours with strong yellows, reds and greens. Signed lower right to each. Housed in matching gilt frames behind glass. We have a super video on social media for this Lot look at our Facebook, Instagram and tic tok pages under South Dublin Auction for a more detailed view of this lot.
MM: 56 x 53 cm including frame.
Blaithin O'Ciobhain (Irish, 1935) is a well known artist with a similar work sold for €420 at Whyte's.
Blaithin O'Ciobhain was born in Dublin in 1935 and attended the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) where she studied under Keating and graduated with honours from the School of Painting in 1958. In 1960 Blaithin joined RTE where she wrote and presented "Lets Draw with Blaithin", the world's first televised fine arts masterclass. The show ran for 14 years and won Blaithin both the Jacobs Broadcasting Award and the Prix Jeunesse Munich. She is a skilled still life artist working through the medium of pastel. Like much contemporary still life Blaithin chooses everyday objects as her subject matter which draws the viewer to focus on the technique and composition of the painting. In later works, Blaithin began to experiment more with colour and composition with the juxtaposition of the still life against a landscape.
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