Anne Madden - Artist Info

About Anne Madden

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    Anne Madden (b.1932)

    The Irish abstract painter Anne Madden was born in London to Irish and Anglo-Chilean parents. Raised in County Clare and in London, she studied drawing and painting at the Chelsea School of Arts and Crafts. During this period Madden encountered and was struck by the new Abstract Expressionism* movement. New palette knife* and paint flow techniques, together with the use of multiple canvases as a means of creating visual interaction, provided her with a most stimulating and experimental medium.

    From 1950, Anne Madden began to exhibit her paintings in group shows in both London and Dublin. While hospitalized during this time, Madden met the Irish painter Louis le Brocquy who was then ...

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