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Paintings and Gouaches from the McClelland Collection Tony O'Malley was born in Callan Co Kilkenny in 1913.
Self-taught as an artist, O'Malley had been drawing since he was a
child but only began to paint during his hospitalisation with tuberculosis
in the 1940s. In 1958 ill health caused his departure from the bank
and gave him the opportunity to devote himself full-time to painting.
The works included in the exhibition form part of a larger body of work on loan to the Irish Museum of Modern Art from the McClelland Collection. George McClelland played an important role in developing the public profile of Tony O'Malley during the 1980s, and has kindly agreed to the loan of these works to the Riverbank Arts Centre. The exhibition will be opened by Catherine Marshall (Senior Curator with IMMA) at 8.00 pm on Thursday 27th, and will continue until Saturday 27th of July. A television documentary on the life of O'Malley will be on view in the McKenna Gallery throughout the run of the exhibition. Gallery opening hours are 10.00 to 1.00 and 2.00 to
5.00, Monday to Saturday. For further information, contact Catríona Fallon
on (045) 448314, or e-mail us on
artscentre@riverbank.ie. |
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