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Born 1959 Dublin, Ireland. Known for: Abstract, geometrip painting.
The contemporary Irish abstract painter Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983). Specializing in abstract art, in 1985 he became... Read full biography
The contemporary Irish abstract painter Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983). Specializing in abstract art, in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at Butler Gallery, County Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured... Read full biography
The contemporary Irish abstract painter Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983). Specializing in abstract art, in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at Butler Gallery, County Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured geometric acrylic painting stirred interest. Tansey typically uses rollers as well as brushes to apply acrylic co-polymer paints in countless thin layers until the desired colour saturation is achieved,... Read full biography
The contemporary Irish abstract painter Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983). Specializing in abstract art, in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at Butler Gallery, County Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured geometric acrylic painting stirred interest. Tansey typically uses rollers as well as brushes to apply acrylic co-polymer paints in countless thin layers until the desired colour saturation is achieved, utilizing tape to achieve ultra-crisp edges. In their expression of spacial relationships and juxtapositioning of colour, they have several characteristics in common with the Abstract Expressionists Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko. Since he began... Read full biography
The contemporary Irish abstract painter Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983). Specializing in abstract art, in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at Butler Gallery, County Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured geometric acrylic painting stirred interest. Tansey typically uses rollers as well as brushes to apply acrylic co-polymer paints in countless thin layers until the desired colour saturation is achieved, utilizing tape to achieve ultra-crisp edges. In their expression of spacial relationships and juxtapositioning of colour, they have several characteristics in common with the Abstract Expressionists Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko. Since he began painting full-time, Francis Tansey has shown his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and his work is in the collections of t... Read full biography
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The contemporary Irish abstract painter Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983). Specializing in abstract art, in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at Butler Gallery, County Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured geometric acrylic painting stirred interest.
Tansey typically uses rollers as well as brushes to apply acrylic co-polymer paints in countless thin layers until the desired colour saturation is achieved, utilizing tape to achieve ultra-crisp edges.
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