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Ciarán Clear (1920-2000)
Estimate:
€3,500 - €4,500
Sold
€7,500
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
ARTIST
Ciarán Clear (1920-2000)
Size
20 by 28in. (50.8 by 71.1cm)
Description
Title: THE NIGHT TIDE
Note: Ciarán Clear is best known for dramatic moonlight scenes of his native Rush in North County Dublin and of Connemara. He was a founding member of the Fingal Artists Group in 1963, which included Maurice MacGonigal, Fergus O'Ryan, Bea Orpen, Patrick Leonard and Tom Nisbet. Together they held exhibitions throughout Ireland in a bid to make art more accessible to wider audiences. His first solo exhibition took place at the Goodwin gallery in Limerick and his last with Gerald Davis in Dublin in 1999. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was a keen musician as well as being involved in his local Dramatic Society in Rush.
Frame dimensions: 24 by 32in. (61 by 81.3cm)
Note: Ciarán Clear is best known for dramatic moonlight scenes of his native Rush in North County Dublin and of Connemara. He was a founding member of the Fingal Artists Group in 1963, which included Maurice MacGonigal, Fergus O'Ryan, Bea Orpen, Patrick Leonard and Tom Nisbet. Together they held exhibitions throughout Ireland in a bid to make art more accessible to wider audiences. His first solo exhibition took place at the Goodwin gallery in Limerick and his last with Gerald Davis in Dublin in 1999. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was a keen musician as well as being involved in his local Dramatic Society in Rush.
Frame dimensions: 24 by 32in. (61 by 81.3cm)
Condition
Excellent condition.
Medium
oil on board
Signature
signed lower right; signed and titled on reverse
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner
