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Roderic O'Conor
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Self portrait (c. 1903)
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| Born | 17 October 1860 Castleplunket, County Roscommon, Ireland
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| Died | 18 March 1940 (aged 79) Nueil-sur-Layon, France
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Metropolitan School of Art (Dublin), Royal Hibernian Academy (Dublin), Ampleforth College (Yorkshire), Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (Antwerp) |
| Known for | Painter, etcher |
Roderic O'Conor (born October 17, 1860 – died March 18, 1940) was an Irish painter. He spent a lot of his career in Paris, France. He was also part of the Pont-Aven art group. O'Conor's paintings show styles like Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.
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Early Life and Art Training
Roderic O'Conor was born in Milltown, Castleplunket, in County Roscommon, Ireland. When he was young, his family moved to Dublin. He went to the Metropolitan School of Art and the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin.
He also studied at Ampleforth College and later traveled to Antwerp for more art training. After that, he moved to Paris, France. While in France, he was inspired by the Impressionists, who used visible brushstrokes and focused on light.
His Art and Style
In 1892, O'Conor went to Pont-Aven in Brittany, a region in France. There, he worked closely with a group of artists. This group included the famous Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, who became his friend.
O'Conor's way of painting used thick, textured brushstrokes. He often used colors that stood out against each other. This style was also influenced by another famous artist, Van Gogh.
Meeting Somerset Maugham
In the early 1900s, O'Conor often visited a restaurant in Paris called Chat Blanc. Many artists, writers, and thinkers went there. One of them was a young writer named Somerset Maugham.
O'Conor didn't like Maugham much. Maugham later wrote that O'Conor seemed annoyed by him. Maugham got back at O'Conor by using him as a character in two of his books. These characters were not shown in a very good light. However, it was through O'Conor that Maugham first learned about Paul Gauguin. Maugham later traveled to Tahiti and wrote a book about Gauguin's life.
Later Life and Legacy
In 1933, O'Conor married his partner, Henrietta (Renée) Honta. She had sometimes posed for his paintings. They lived in both France and Spain.
Roderic O'Conor passed away in Nueil-sur-Layon, France, on March 18, 1940.
His artwork is still valued today. In March 2011, one of his paintings, Landscape, Cassis, sold for a high price at an auction. He painted this oil-on-canvas work in the south of France in 1913.
Where to See His Art
You can find Roderic O'Conor's paintings in many art museums around the world. Here are some of them:
- Auckland Art Gallery
- Ulster Museum, Belfast
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
- National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
- Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Hunt Museum, Limerick
- Tate Britain, London
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pont-Aven
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Te Papa, Wellington
Gallery
- Works by Roderic O'Connor
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Yellow landscape, 1892 (The Tate, London)
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La Jeune Bretonne, 1895 (National Gallery, Dublin)
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Mixed flowers on pink cloth, c. 1916 (Te Papa, Wellington)
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Seated woman in a red dress, circa 1920
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Seated ... with red hair, circa 1900
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Pont aven, circa 1895
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Lezaven, circa 1894
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"Les Korrigans sous la lune - The dance of the elves of Pont-Aven" (Moonlit landscape with tall trees) by Roderic O'Conor, ca. 1898-1900
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