Auvers sur Oise (Atelier) [5 of 8 illustrations from A Shorter History by Michael Farrell (with text by Cyril Barrett)]

Artist Micheal Farrell (1940 - 2000)

Date1982

MediumEtching and aquatint on paper

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Purchased, 1982. © The Estate of Micheal Farrell.

Object number1558.05

DescriptionThis is a two colour intaglio print (etching and aquatint) printed onto paper that has been attached to printing paper by chin collé (a process whereby paper is affixed to the dampened printing paper by using a fine dry paste and the pressure of the press).

Micheal Farrell was regarded as one of the most promising artists of his generation. In 1957 he enrolled in St Martin's College of Art, London, at that time to the forefront of contemporary art in Britain. His international reputation was enhanced by a growing number of prizes and scholarships. From 1971 he resided in France. Farrell's style oscillated between figuration and abstraction and his return to a figurative style in the mid-1970s was prompted by his desire for more direct statements relating to contemporary events, particularly atrocities linked to the troubles in Northern Ireland. Heretofore these had been articulated through his semi-abstract Pressé series.

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