Andrew O'Connor (1874-1941) ''La Faunesse'' Bronze, 20cm high (8'' high) including marble base Signed Andrew O' Connor was born in Worcester,Massachusetts in 1874 and died in Dublin in 1941. He...

Andrew O'Connor (1874-1941) ''La Faunesse'' Bronze, 20cm high (8'' high) including marble base Signed Andrew O' Connor was born in Worcester,Massachusetts in 1874 and died in Dublin in 1941. He was the subject of a centenary exhibition in Trinity College,Dublin in September 1974 where a similar work to this from the Crawford Gallery Collection was exhibited, cat. no. 31 (Fig 43). It is thought to be a portrait of his wife Jessie who presented it to the Crawford. There is another version of this work in The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Homan Potterton writes ''Andrew O' Connor insisted on his Irish ancestry throughout his life and contemporary critics found his work inspired by ''that strange Celtic romanticism with its vivid dramatisation of life that is so typically Irish''.His coming to live in Dublin in the 1930's was perhaps something of a homecoming for him and as if to establish his Irishness he presented a collection of his work to the Dublin Municipal Gallery. Literature:''Andrew O'Connor'' (1974) by Homan Potterton Fig 43 (Crawford Gallery version)

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