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Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) SKETCH OF DAN BREEN, 1958charcoal and pastel heightened with
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Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) SKETCH OF DAN BREEN, 1958
charcoal and pastel heightened with white chalk on tinted paper
signed lower right
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19.75 by 17in., 49.375 by 42.5cm.
The Collection of Justin Keating (the artist`s son) and former Minister for Industry and Commerce (1973-1977);by whom donated to an RHA fundraising auction, Dublin c. late 1970s;Where purchased by the present owner
The commission to paint a portrait of Dan Breen was given to Seán Keating by Todd Andrews, Managing Director of Bord na Móna, in the Spring of 1958. The two men got on extremely well, and Keating found Breen to be an excellent model, very talkative and very interesting. The artist tended to make many sketches before he began to work on canvas, as exemplified in this fine example. Keating completed the oil painting of Breen in the summer of 1958. It was exhibited in the RHA in 1959 and in the major retrospective of the artist`s work at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery in 1963.Dr Éimear O`Connor HRHATRIARC-Irish Art Research CentreTrinity College Dublin.
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Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) SKETCH OF DAN BREEN, 1958
charcoal and pastel heightened with white chalk on tinted paper
signed lower right
P
19.75 by 17in., 49.375 by 42.5cm.
The Collection of Justin Keating (the artist`s son) and former Minister for Industry and Commerce (1973-1977);by whom donated to an RHA fundraising auction, Dublin c. late 1970s;Where purchased by the present owner
The commission to paint a portrait of Dan Breen was given to Seán Keating by Todd Andrews, Managing Director of Bord na Móna, in the Spring of 1958. The two men got on extremely well, and Keating found Breen to be an excellent model, very talkative and very interesting. The artist tended to make many sketches before he began to work on canvas, as exemplified in this fine example. Keating completed the oil painting of Breen in the summer of 1958. It was exhibited in the RHA in 1959 and in the major retrospective of the artist`s work at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery in 1963.Dr Éimear O`Connor HRHATRIARC-Irish Art Research CentreTrinity College Dublin.
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