Click on image to open full size.
Terence P. Flanagan PRUA RHA (1929-2011)
Gortahork V
Oil on board, 82 x 113cm (32¼ x44½'')
Signed
Exhibited:Correspondences, Ormeau Baths Gallery, 2010; T.P. Flanagan: AHaunter of Demense and...
Terence P. Flanagan PRUA RHA (1929-2011)
Gortahork V
Oil on board, 82 x 113cm (32¼ x44½'')
Signed
Exhibited:Correspondences, Ormeau Baths Gallery, 2010; T.P. Flanagan: AHaunter of Demense and Ditch Back, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, 2010; T.P. Flanagan: Painter of Light and Landscape, Taylor Gallery Dublin, 2010.
The series of paintings Flanagan completed around Gortahork in the late 1960s are often considered his most intensely dynamic works, but Gortahork V is a comparatively subdued example and the sweeping, lyrical brushstrokes are gently evocative against the gradual tonal shifts through the receding landscape. Within the Gortahork paintings Flanagan almost seems to be searching for a more gestural and less descriptive approach to landscape, as well as an increasingly complex relationship between this pictorial analysis and the viewer's expectations, with marks often passing across different planes within the picture space and even between the land and the sky, as here in the left side of the present work, creating a highly unified image.
Dickon Hall, February 2020
All bids are placed in Euros (€)
Please note that by submitting a bid you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions
Have a similar item to sell?
Make Enquiry