Micheal Farrell
Micheal Farrell (MEE-hawl, also spelled Micheál; 3 July 1940 – 7 June 2000) was an Irish painter and printmaker.[4][5] He was a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.[6]
Micheal Farrell | |
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| Born | 3 July 1940 Cookstown House, County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 7 June 2000 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Saint Martin's School of Art |
| Known for | acrylic painting |
| Notable work | Madonna Irsland, or The Very First Real Irish Political Picture[1] Rencontres[2] A Shorter History of Ireland[3] |
| Movement | minimalism, formalism, pop art, Modernism |
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| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Jimmy Farrell Nora Folwell |
| Elected | Aosdána (1987) |
Early life
Farrell was born in Cookstown House, County Meath in 1940; his father was Jimmy Farrell, a noted rugby union player. He attended the Christian Brothers school in Kells, where he was beaten for having dyslexia; he was then sent to Ampleforth College, Yorkshire.[6]
Career
Farrell studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London in 1957–61.[7] He represented Ireland at the Biennale de Paris in 1967.[8]
Farrell worked in acrylics, drawing inspiration from medieval illuminated manuscripts.[9] He won the main award at the 1969 Irish Exhibition of Living Art and made a speech criticising British conduct in Northern Ireland. He emigrated to France in 1971 with his family, staying for a time at the famous artists residence La Ruche.[10]
According to the Crawford Art Gallery, "His self-portraits echo his critical analysis of Ireland, suggesting a crisis of masculinity, something that becomes a significant preoccupation that treads a fine line between self-pity and ruthless self-examination."[10]
In 1987 he was elected to Aosdána.[8]
He received a retrospective at the Crawford Gallery in 2013–14.[11] His work is held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Hugh Lane Gallery, Ulster Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Pompidou Centre, National Gallery of Ireland and the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.[12][13]
Personal life
Aged 24, he fathered an illegitimate child, with his girlfriend Sarah Shearman; he then married Patricia "Pat" Lamplew, with whom he had three sons. In 1992 he divorced her and married Meg Bosanquet Early.[14] He died in Cardet, France in 2000.[15][16]
References
- Kennedy, Róisín (26 March 2021). Art and the Nation State: The Reception of Modern Art in Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781789622355 – via Google Books.
- "deVeres Auctions, Ireland". deVeres.
- "Lot 40 - A SHORTER HISTORY OF IRELAND by Micheal Farrell | deVeres Auctions, Ireland". deVeres.
- Farrell, David (26 October 2006). Micheal Farrell: The Life and Work of an Irish Artist. Liffey Press. ISBN 9781904148890 – via Google Books.
- Kilfeather, Siobhán; Kilfeather, Siobhán Marie (26 October 2005). Dublin: A Cultural History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518201-9 – via Google Books.
- "Farrell, Micheal | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.
- Gallery, Kenny's Art (26 October 1971). "Young Irish Artists: Kenny's Art Gallery, Salthill, Galway; Exhibition ... 27th October to 29 December, 1971". Kenny's Art Gallery – via Google Books.
- "Micheal Farrell". IMMA.
- Cullen, Fintan (26 October 2000). Sources in Irish Art: A Reader. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859181546 – via Google Books.
- "THE WORK OF MICHEAL FARRELL - Crawford Art Gallery". crawfordartgallery.ie. 18 March 2020.
- O’Sullivan, Tina Darb (21 November 2013). "Honouring the work of Artist Michael Farrell". Irish Examiner.
- "Farrell, Micheal – Graphic Studio Gallery".
- "Objects – Micheal Farrell – Artists – National Gallery of Ireland". onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie.
- "Pictures of passion and pain". independent.
- Ballagh, Robert (20 September 2018). A Reluctant Memoir. Head of Zeus Ltd. ISBN 9781786695307 – via Google Books.
- "Michael Farrell: an international artist who never forgot his roots". The Irish Times.