Tony O Malley
TONY O MALLEY
BORN IN CALLAN CO. KILKENNY IN 1913
TONY OMALLY WAS A BANK OFFICIAL FOR TWENTY YEARS TAKING ABRIEF BREAK IN 1940 TO JOIN THE ARMY .
ALLTHIS TIME OMALLEY WAS INTERESTED IN PAINTING AND DRAWING
HE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CRITICAL ATTENTION UNTIL THE EXHIBITION WHICH CAME TO DUBLIN IN THE MID SEVENTIES
THAT WAS THE SOUTH WEST ARTS TOURING SHOW.VARIOUS OTHER SHOWS LEAD UP TO HIS MAJOR EXHIBITION IN DOUGLAS HYDE GALLERY IN 1984.
HE WAS THEN IN HIS EARLY SEVENTIES.
HE ADMIRED PAINTINGS BY VANGOUGH,CEZANNE AND OTHER FRENCH PAINTERS.
THERE ARE DIRECT COLOUR SHIFTS IN HIS WORK-----HIS CORNWALL PAINTINGS ARE MORE DARK AND SOMBRE THAN THAT OF THE BAHAMAS
HE SAYS “ THERE IS AJOURNEY IN A PAINTING THAT MOVES THROUGH FORMS TO A SIMPLICITY I WILL ARRIVE AT IN THE PAINTING AND IT IS NEVER REPETITVE. I LIKE MAKING THEM; THEY ARE DEVISED BY ME RATHER TORTUROUSLY BUT THEY APPEAR SIMPLE IN THE END”
CONTEMPORARIES OF HIS ARE LOUIS LEBROCQUAY AND PATRICK COLLINS
HE DIED IN SUMMER 2004
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