Lot 55
LIAM TREACY (IRISH 1934-2004) §
WINTER LANDSCAPE, 1982
Auction: 29 March 2014 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Signed, oil on canvasboard
Dimensions
30cm x 40cm (12in x 16in)
Footnote
Note:
Liam Treacy was born in Avoca, County Wicklow where he lived all his life. it was not until the 1950s that he started painting while confined to bed recovering from tubercolosis. During this time at the hospital he was introduced to the sculptor Yann Renard Goulet who taught him everything he knew about painting and drawing and about Claude Monet in particular, who was to influence Treacy's work more than any other artist. By 1956 Treacy was painting en plen air around his beloved Wicklow county and started developing a distinctive impressionist style. His luminous work reflected the moods and colours of the constantly changing familiar Irish countryside. He exhibited for the first time in 1956 and soon many other shows followed in galleries across Ireland and abroad. Despite his success as a painter he never focused on a professional artistic career until 1978 when he decided to become a full time artist. Thoroughtout his life Treacy taught art in night-time classes in Arklow Community College, Abbey Community College, Wicklow and at Shelton Open Detention Centre where he held art classes for the prisoners until 1995.