Roderic O'Conor

Self-portrait (around 1923–26)

Paysage, Cassis (around 1900)

Girl Mending (around 1900)

"Les Korrigans sous la lune - The dance of the elves of Pont-Aven" (Moonlit landscape with tall trees) by Roderic O'Conor, approx. 1898-1900

Roderic O'Conor (born October 17, 1860 in Castlerea , County Roscommon , † March 18, 1940 in the Maine-et-Loire department ) was an Irish painter.

life and work

O'Conor studied painting in Dublin from 1879 to 1883 and then in Antwerp until 1884 before moving to Paris , where he was influenced by French Impressionism . In 1892 he moved to Pont-Aven in Brittany . There he joined the so-called School of Pont-Aven , a post-impressionist group of artists around Paul Gauguin , with whom he was also friends. Some of his pictures from this period are reminiscent of works by Vincent van Gogh . After 1900, his style, which was characterized by expressive brushstrokes and strong colors, approached Fauvism and Expressionism .

In March 2011, one of his pictures sold for 337,250 British pounds (383,993 euros) at an auction at Sotheby’s .

Solo and group exhibitions (selection)

• 1984: Pont-Aven / Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940) . Musée des beaux-arts de Pont-Aven
• 1999: Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940) L'oeuvre grave . Musée des beaux-arts de Pont-Aven
• 2015–2016: From Poussin to Monet. The colors of France . Bucerius Kunst Forum , Hamburg

Works in public collections (selection)

• Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art , Dublin
• National Gallery of Ireland , Dublin
• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art , Edinburgh
• Tate Britain , London
• Museum of Modern Art , New York
• Musée d'Orsay , Paris
• Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney

literature

• Hans Vollmer : General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century .
• Jonathan Benington: Roderic O'Conor: a biography with a catalog of his works . Irish Academic Press, Dublin 1992, ISBN 978-0-7165-2492-2 .

Web links

Commons : Roderic O'Conor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Roderic O'Conor in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Roderic O'Conor  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roderic O'Conor Biography . Tate Institution. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
2. ^ Roderic O'Conor - Biography . Milmo-Penny Fine Art. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
3. ^ Landscape, Cassis by Roderic O'Conor . Sotheby's. March 29, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2015.