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Chronology of a life
Events, studio output, critical commentary, and artist's statements compiled by Pierre le Brocquy

'recognised both at home and internationally as the foremost Irish painter of the 20th century'
The Irish Times, second leader, november 4, 2006

FIRST WORKS (1938-1945) TINKER PAINTINGS (1945-1950) GREY PERIOD (1951-1954)
1916-37 DUBLIN   1945-46 EARLY TINKER PHASE   1951 FAMILY PAINTINGS
1938-39 EUROPE   1947 LONDON     EDEN TAPESTRIES
1940-41 RETURN   1948-50 LATER TINKER PHASE   1952-53 AUBUSSON
1944 NATIVE INFLUENCE     EARLY TAPESTRY DESIGNS   1954-55 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
1945 TURNING POINT            
WHITE PERIOD (1956-1966) ANCESTRAL HEADS (1964-1974) PORTRAIT HEADS (1975-2006)
1956-57 PRESENCES   1964-66 MUSÉE DE L'HOMME PARIS   1975-76 W.B. YEATS
1958-59 FRANCE   1967-68 TÁIN BÓ CUAILNGE   1977-78 JAMES JOYCE, F. G. LORCA
1960 SWITZERLAND   1969-70 THE TÁIN   1979-80 SAMUEL BECKETT
1961-63 CARROS   1971-72 NORTHERN TROUBLES     FRANCIS BACON
    1973-74 CÚCHULAINN TAPESTRIES     AUGUST STRINDBERG
            SHAKESPEARE
PORTRAIT HEADS (1975-2006) LIFE & STILL LIFE / LANDSCAPES
1981-83 SELF   1984-85 LILIES, DOVES ...   1990-93 OSCAR WILDE
  DELACROIX     PROCESSION SERIES     BONO
  MANDELA   1986 DUBLINERS   1994-95 ERWIN SCHRODINGER
1983 SEAMUS HEANEY   1987 IRISH LANDSCAPES     GEORGE MOORE
PICASSO   1988-89 BECKETT / BROCQUY     DESCARTES
               
HUMAN IMAGES (1996-2003)
1996 EARLY PHASE

 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (1997 - 2007)