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1906 Dublin, Ireland - 1964. Known for: Portrait painting, teaching, book design, printmaking.
Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964). The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a... Read full biography
Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964). The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a scholarship and studied lithography* at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. After this, he... Read full biography
Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964). The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a scholarship and studied lithography* at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. After this, he studied fine art painting and figure painting in Paris at the Acadamie Colarossi* and La Grande Chaumiere*. In Paris, he met many people who influenced him. One of his Parisian neighbours was the... Read full biography
Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964). The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a scholarship and studied lithography* at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. After this, he studied fine art painting and figure painting in Paris at the Acadamie Colarossi* and La Grande Chaumiere*. In Paris, he met many people who influenced him. One of his Parisian neighbours was the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929). In addition, he met and made friends with Irishmen Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and Thomas MacGreevy, as well as the French painter Goeorges Rouault (1871-1958). Returning to London in the mid 1920s, O'Sullivan found... Read full biography
Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964). The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a scholarship and studied lithography* at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. After this, he studied fine art painting and figure painting in Paris at the Acadamie Colarossi* and La Grande Chaumiere*. In Paris, he met many people who influenced him. One of his Parisian neighbours was the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929). In addition, he met and made friends with Irishmen Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and Thomas MacGreevy, as well as the French painter Goeorges Rouault (1871-1958). Returning to London in the mid 1920s, O'Sullivan found work in book design and printmaking*. Moving back to Dublin, he focused on portrait art, completing a numbe... Read full biography
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Sean O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964)
The Irish portrait painter and printmaker Sean O'Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1906. He studied drawing at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he won a scholarship and studied lithography* at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. After this, he studied fine art painting and figure painting in Paris at the Acadamie Colarossi* and La Grande Chaumiere*. In Paris, he met many people who influenced him. One of his Parisian neighbours was the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929). In addition, he met and made friends with Irishmen Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and Thomas MacGreevy, as well as the French painter Goeorges Rouault (1871-1958).
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