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Michael Cullen RHA ( b.1946)
CRYING WOMAN - DANCE VI, 1989
oil on paper
signed and dated lower right
27.75 by 24in. (70.49 by 60.96cm)
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,620-£2,450 approx).
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Michael Cullen RHA ( b.1946)
STUDY IN BLUE WITH THREE FIGURES, 2001
oil on linen
signed, titled and dated on reverse
56 by 35.50in. (142.24 by 90.17cm)
Provenance:
deVere’s, Dublin, 12 April 2005, lot 151;
Whence purchased by the present owner
Michael Cullen was born in Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow in 1946.
He studied art at the Central School of Art and Design,
London in 1969 and the National College of Art and
Design, Dublin from 1970 to 1973 before moving abroad
for several years. Cullen’s work has an underlying
autobiographical aspect that sees him referring both
himself and his work to such masters as Velasquez and
Picasso. With his multicoloured carnival palette, Cullen’s
paintings and prints reveal the infuence of time spent in
Mexico, Spain and Morocco that adds a festive air to
proceedings. The profusion of bright, clean colour is
emphasised by accents of brilliant white, and Cullen’s
work often includes imagery of cowboys, still lives,
bullfghters and infantas.
Michael Cullen was awarded the Independent Artists’
Major Painting Award in 1984 and the National Portrait
Award in 1989. He has been the recipient of several Arts
Council bursaries is also an elected member of Aosdána.
Cullen has shown his work extensively throughout
Ireland, with solo exhibitions at the Fenderesky Gallery,
Belfast; Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal; Vangard Gallery, Cork;
and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork; as well as Temple Bar
Gallery, the Graphic Gallery and Project Arts Centre,
Dublin. Cullen’s work is included in private collections
throughout the country and is also represented in the
public collections of the National Gallery of Ireland,
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, the Arts Council of
Northern Ireland and Dundee Contemporary Arts Society,
Scotland, amongst others.
(From www.taylorgalleries.com)
€3,000-€5,000 (£2,459-£4,098 approx).