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Stephen McKenna PPRHA (1939-2017)
Estimate:
€6,000 - €8,000
Sold
€8,500
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
28 by 36in. (71.1 by 91.4cm)
Description
Title: INTERIOR OF VILLA, POMPEII, 1986
Note: Presented in the artist's own handpainted frame. Stephen McKenna was born in London and studied there at the Slade School of Art. In 1973 he moved to Donegal. He has also lived in Belgium, Germany, and Italy. In the late 1980s, living in Italy and having absorbed the lessons of Roman and Etruscan art, Stephen McKenna produced the beginnings of a long series of paintings of interiors. They embody a harmony in living, working and thinking. This particular work was produced during a working trip to Pompeii in 1986. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize that same year. McKenna was President of the RHA from 2005-2009, during which the building was reconstructed, to include the school and studios.
Note: Presented in the artist's own handpainted frame. Stephen McKenna was born in London and studied there at the Slade School of Art. In 1973 he moved to Donegal. He has also lived in Belgium, Germany, and Italy. In the late 1980s, living in Italy and having absorbed the lessons of Roman and Etruscan art, Stephen McKenna produced the beginnings of a long series of paintings of interiors. They embody a harmony in living, working and thinking. This particular work was produced during a working trip to Pompeii in 1986. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize that same year. McKenna was President of the RHA from 2005-2009, during which the building was reconstructed, to include the school and studios.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed with initials lower left; signed and dated on reverse; also titled [Interior] on label on reverse
Provenance
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin;
Private collection
