Artist: Tony O'Malley HRHA (1913-2003) Title: Newmill Quarry 'Snow' (1992) Signature: signed, titled and dated '92 Medium: gouache Size: 16½ x 24.70cm (6.5 x 9.7in) Framed Size: 18.4 x 26.7cm (7.2 x 10.5in) Provenance: Collection of Conor Fallon and Nancy Wynn Jones; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} One of several atmospheric views painted by Tony O'Malley of the disused granite quarry at New Mill in Cornwall. When fellow painter Peter Lanyon died after a gliding accident in 1964, O'Malley painted a powerful work in his memory, visualising the artist as a Windhover, a kestrel, as in the Gerard ... Read more Tony O'Malley Lot 178 - 'Newmill Quarry 'Snow' (1992)' Estimate: €800 - €1,200 One of several atmospheric views painted by Tony O'Malley of the disused granite quarry at New Mill in Cornwall. When fellow painter Peter Lanyon died after a gliding accident in 1964, O'Malley painted a powerful work in his memory, visualising the artist as a Windhover, a kestrel, as in the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem, suspended above the dark void of the quarry, fringed by snow in winter. That painting in now in the National Gallery of Ireland collection and this gouache directly echoes it.
Artist: Tony O'Malley HRHA (1913-2003) Title: Newmill Quarry 'Snow' (1992) Signature: signed, titled and dated '92 Medium: gouache Size: 16½ x 24.70cm (6.5 x 9.7in) Framed Size: 18.4 x 26.7cm (7.2 x 10.5in) Provenance: Collection of Conor Fallon and Nancy Wynn Jones; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} One of several atmospheric views painted by Tony O'Malley of the disused granite quarry at New Mill in Cornwall. When fellow painter Peter Lanyon died after a gliding accident in 1964, O'Malley painted a powerful work in his memory, visualising the artist as a Windhover, a kestrel, as in the Gerard ... Read more Tony O'Malley Lot 178 - 'Newmill Quarry 'Snow' (1992)' Estimate: €800 - €1,200 One of several atmospheric views painted by Tony O'Malley of the disused granite quarry at New Mill in Cornwall. When fellow painter Peter Lanyon died after a gliding accident in 1964, O'Malley painted a powerful work in his memory, visualising the artist as a Windhover, a kestrel, as in the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem, suspended above the dark void of the quarry, fringed by snow in winter. That painting in now in the National Gallery of Ireland collection and this gouache directly echoes it.
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