Francis Tansey
The paintings of Kilkenny-based artist Francis Tansey have more in common with the hard-edged abstraction of Mondrian or Barnett Newman than with that of any Irish artists, except perhaps Michael Ashur or Seαn Scully. Upon seeing Tanseys work exhibited for the first time in a 1983 NCAD Degree Show, it was Scully who deemed Tansey one of the most exciting prospects in Irish art. Four years later, Tansey was featured on the front cover of the Irish Arts Review and profiled inside by the then Chairman of ROSC, Dr. Patrick J. Murphy. In the article Murphy described the artists technique of using both brushes and rollers to apply acrylic co-polymer paints in numerous thin glazes until the desired colour saturation was reached and using masking tape to achieve the crisp edges. The result, wrote Murphy, was a sensational interaction of brilliant colours that dazzle the retina and reverberate with repeated after-images on the minds eye (Patrick Murphy, The Sensational Paintings of Francis Tansey, Irish Arts Review, Vol. 4 No. 1, p. 12). Tansey exhibited at R.O.S.C. in 1988 as the youngest artist to do so. His works are in the collections of the Ulster Museum, the Arts Council of Ireland, Jefferson Smurfit Group, AIB and many other prominent corporate and private collections.
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'SPATIAL DIALOGUE NO. 2'
- Price Realised: 5,500
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- acrylic on canvas
- 112 by 112cm., 44 by 44in.
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'RECEDING RED'
- Price Realised: 4,400
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- acrylic on canvas
- 213 by 61cm., 84 by 24in.
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'COMPLEMENTARY ROTATION'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 21 September 2004
- acrylic on canvas
- 76 by 76cm., 30 by 30in.
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'COMPLEMENTARIES IN RED'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- acrylic on canvas
- 71 by 71cm., 28 by 28in.
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'UNTITLED'
- Price Realised: 3,300
- Sale: 21 September 2004
- acrylic on canvas
- 99 by 99cm., 39 by 39in.
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'TARGET'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- acrylic and gold leaf on a circular canvas
- 61 by 61cm., 24 by 24in.
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'MONOLITH I'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- acrylic on canvas
- 61 by 30cm., 24 by 12in.
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'SPECTRAL, 1999'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 22 March 2021
- acrylic on canvas
- 30 x 30in. (76.20 x 76.20cm)
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'COMPLIMENTARY TRANSLUCENCE'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- oil on canvas
- 69 x 69in. (175.26 x 175.26cm)
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'SMOULDERING RED IN ASYMMETRIC BLUE'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- acrylic on canvas
- 30 x 30in. (76.20 x 76.20cm)
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'COMPLEMENTARY SATISFACTION, 1990'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- oil on canvas
- 24 x 24in. (60.96 x 60.96cm)
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'CELTIC SYMETTRY, 2018'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 22 March 2021
- acrylic on canvas
- 30 x 30in. (76.20 x 76.20cm)
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'LIGHTING VIOLET, 1986'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on canvas
- 100 by 100cm., 39.2 5 by 39.2 5in.
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'LIGHTING ORANGE, 2008'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- acrylic on canvas
- 30 x 30in. (76.20 x 76.20cm)
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'ARCHETYPE NO. 4, 2001'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- acrylic on canvas
- 18 x 18in. (45.72 x 45.72cm)
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'PROTONIC NO. 1, 2012'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- acrylic on canvas
- 24 x 24in. (60.96 x 60.96cm)
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'STUDY IN PASTEL, 1989'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 21 October 2024
- acrylic on canvas
- 18 x 18in. (45.72 x 45.72cm)
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'STUDY IN PASTEL, 1989'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- acrylic on canvas
- 18 x 18in. (45.72 x 45.72cm)