WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

104 74 Donald Teskey RHA (b.1956) COMPOSITIONWITH STEPS, DÚN LAOGHAIRE AND MONKSTOWN, COUNTY DUBLIN, 2003 oil on canvas; (unframed) signed lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse 48 by 52in. (121.9 by 132.1cm) Donald Teskey was born in County Limerick and graduated from Limerick College of Art and Design with a Diploma in Fine Art in 1978. His expert draughtsmanship set apart his work during the 1980s when he held several significant solo exhibitions. Since his emergence on the art scene his practice has resulted in an extensive and important body of work which puts the Irish landscape - both urban and rural - centre stage. Testament to this is his membership of Aosdána, established by The Arts Council in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland, and to encourage and assist members in devoting their energies fully to their art. Membership, which is by invitation from current members, is limited to 250 individuals. Teskey has been the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships and residencies both nationally and internationally and his work has been exhibited in the UK, USA, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland and South Africa. Collections include the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Arts Council of Ireland, corporate and private collections worldwide. The year the present work was painted, Teskey was awarded a fellowship to The Vermont Studio Centre in the US and he was elected a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. This autumn - 9 September to 23 October 2022 - the RHA celebrates Teskey’s work with an exhibition entitled ‘Decade’ which explores his painting career over the past ten years. €30,000-€50,000 (£25,860-£43,100 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot74