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Louis Le Brocquy

1916–2012

Image of James Joyce 1977
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7 artworks by Louis Le Brocquy
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Biography

Louis le Brocquy HRHA ([lwi ə ʁɔ쾱; 10 November 1916 – 25 April 2012) was an Irish painter born in Dublin to Albert and Sybil le Brocquy. Louis' sister is the sculptor Melanie Le Brocquy. His work received many accolades in a career that spanned some seventy years of creative practice. In 1956, he represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale, winning the Premio Acquisito Internationale (a once-off award when the event was acquired by the Nestle Corporation) with A Family (National Gallery of Ireland), subsequently included in the historic exhibition Fifty Years of Modern Art Brussels, World Fair 1958. The same year he married the Irish painter Anne Madden and left London to work in the French Midi.

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  • Cuchulainn

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • Head and Handprint

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • Image in Darkness

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • Lemon

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • Mycenean Gold Mask

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • No Lemon

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • Head on a Red Ground

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1974
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  • Tinkers Resting

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1946
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  • ‘Self-Portrait’ by Louis Le Brocquy

    Louis Le Brocquy
    1949
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