Louis le Brocquy facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Louis le Brocquy
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| Born | 10 November 1916 Dublin, Ireland
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| Died | 25 April 2012 (aged 95) Dublin, Ireland
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Self-taught |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Ceramics, Tapestry, Illustration, Design |
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Notable work
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A Family The Tain illustrations |
| Awards | Premio Acquisto Internationale, Venice Biennale, 1956 Saoi, 1993 |
Louis le Brocquy (born November 10, 1916 – died April 25, 2012) was a famous Irish painter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. His art career lasted about 70 years, and he won many awards for his work.
In 1956, he showed his art for Ireland at a big international art show called the Venice Biennale. He won an award there for his painting, A Family. This painting is now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Later that year, he married another Irish painter, Anne Madden. They moved from London to live and work in the south of France.
Learning and Art Skills
Louis le Brocquy went to St Gerard's School. He studied chemistry for a short time at Kevin Street Technical School in 1934. After that, he attended Trinity College Dublin. However, he mostly taught himself how to paint and create art.
His Famous Artworks
Le Brocquy is well-known for his special "Portrait Heads." These are paintings of famous writers and artists. Some of the people he painted include William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and his friends Samuel Beckett and Francis Bacon.
Later in his life, his earlier paintings became very popular. These included his "Tinker" series and his "Family" paintings from his Grey period. His art became very valuable. This made him one of the few Irish and British artists whose works sold for very high prices during their lifetime.
Le Brocquy's art can be seen in many public museums around the world. These include the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Tate Modern in London. In Ireland, he was the first and only painter to have his work added to the Permanent Irish Collection at the National Gallery of Ireland while he was still alive.
Louis le Brocquy passed away on April 25, 2012. He was survived by his family. He also designed the covers for two music albums: Lark in the Morning and The Rising of the Moon.
See also
- List of people on stamps of Ireland
- le Brocquy, Louis. "The Human Head: Notes on Painting and Awareness"—a Distinguished International Lecture delivered at RCSI on 14 November 2005 (at age 88). Included in The Open Door: Art and Foreign Policy at the RCSI (pp. 70–85). A joint publication of The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation, Dublin 2014. Excerpt: "...I think that painting is not a means of communication or self-expression... I sometimes think of the activity of painting as a kind of archaeology—an archaeology of the spirit..."
