Jack Donovan
Born in Limerick Jack Donovan has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland with The Taylor Galleries, The RHA, Limerick City Art Gallery and the Cross Gallery Dublin among others. Donovan’s style drew inspiration from Spanish artist’s such as Picasso and Velasquez. His work was described in a Cross Gallery solo exhibition catalogue entry as “…carefully composed theatrical characters as their spare and stylised settings… fraught with naivety of style and boldness of colour… [with] an undercurrent of darkness…”. www.whytes.ie Donovan became Head of Limerick School of Art and Design in 1962, where he taught John Shinnors amongst acclaimed artists. In 2004 he was the subject of a major retrospective at the Limerick City Art Gallery. His work is held in the collections of the Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council of Great Britain, Swedish Academy of Visual Art, CIE, Limerick City Gallery of Art and the National Self-Portrait Collection. www.whytes.ie
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'TÍRDHREACH TUAISCEART, 1975'
- Price Realised: €2,200
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil and collage on board
- 26 x 23in. (66.04 x 58.42cm)
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'NUDE GIRL'
- Price Realised: €1,150
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- oil on board with collage element
- 76 by 60cm., 29.7 5 by 23.5in.
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'NUDE, 1959'
- Price Realised: €800
- Sale: 17 February 2020
- oil on board
- 15 x 10¾in. (38.10 x 27.31cm)
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'COMPOSITION, 1966'
- Price Realised: €750
- Sale: 25 July 2016
- oil and collage elements on board
- 25 x 20in. (63½ x 50.80cm)
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'CARDINAL WITH NUDE, 1980'
- Price Realised: €660
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- oil on board
- 37½ x 24in. (95¼ x 60.96cm)
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'FIGURE ON A BEACH'
- Price Realised: €460
- Sale: 17 July 2017
- oil on board
- 17 x 15in. (43.18 x 38.10cm)
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'GIRL IN A RUFFLE COLLAR,1979'
- Price Realised: €420
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- oil on board; (unframed)
- 25 x 19½in. (63½ x 49.53cm)
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'CLOWN, 1979'
- Price Realised: €280
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- oil on board; (unframed)
- 18 x 15in. (45.72 x 38.10cm)