Micheal Farrell
{{Short description|Irish painter (1940–2000)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Micheal Farrell
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date|3 July 1940}}
| birth_place =Cookstown House, County Meath, Ireland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|6|7|1940|7|3}}
| death_place = Cardet, Occitania, France
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| nationality =Irish
| alma_mater = Saint Martin's School of Art
| parents = Jimmy Farrell
Nora Folwell
| elected = Aosdána (1987)
| known_for = acrylic painting
| notable_works = Madonna Irsland, or The Very First Real Irish Political Picture{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pr8cEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Miche%C3%A1l+Farrell%22&pg=PA213|title=Art and the Nation State: The Reception of Modern Art in Ireland|first=Róisín|last=Kennedy|date=26 March 2021|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781789622355 |via=Google Books}}
Rencontres{{Cite web|url=http://www.deveres.ie/art/micheal-farrell/172751|title=deVeres Auctions, Ireland|website=deVeres}}
A Shorter History of Ireland{{Cite web|url=http://www.deveres.ie/art/michael-farrell-a-shorter-history-of-ireland/179206|title=Lot 40 - A SHORTER HISTORY OF IRELAND by Micheal Farrell | deVeres Auctions, Ireland|website=deVeres}}
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| movement = minimalism, formalism, pop art, Modernism
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- Patricia Lamplew
- Meg Bosanquet Early
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Micheal Farrell ({{respell|MEE|hawl}}, also spelt Micheál; 3 July 1940 – 7 June 2000) was an Irish painter and printmaker.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIlPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Miche%C3%A1l+Farrell%22|title=Micheal Farrell: The Life and Work of an Irish Artist|first=David|last=Farrell|date=26 October 2006|publisher=Liffey Press|isbn=9781904148890 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QWZRVAPa6sC&dq=%22Miche%C3%A1l+Farrell%22&pg=PA197|title=Dublin: A Cultural History|first1=Siobhán|last1=Kilfeather|first2=Siobhán Marie|last2=Kilfeather|date=26 October 2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-518201-9 |via=Google Books}} He was a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/farrell-micheal-a3013|title=Farrell, Micheal | Dictionary of Irish Biography|website=www.dib.ie}}
Early life
Farrell was born in Cookstown House, County Meath in 1940; his father was Jimmy Farrell, a noted rugby union player. He attended the Christian Brothers school in Kells, where he was beaten for having dyslexia; he was then sent to Ampleforth College, Yorkshire.
Career
Farrell studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London in 1957–61.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sLpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Miche%C3%A1l+Farrell%22|title=Young Irish Artists: Kenny's Art Gallery, Salthill, Galway; Exhibition ... 27th October to 29 December, 1971|first=Kenny's Art|last=Gallery|date=26 October 1971|publisher=Kenny's Art Gallery|via=Google Books}} He represented Ireland at the Biennale de Paris in 1967.{{Cite web|url=https://imma.ie/artists/micheal-farrell/|title=Micheal Farrell|website=IMMA}}
Farrell worked in acrylics, drawing inspiration from medieval illuminated manuscripts.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-KZh3AunUUC&dq=%22Miche%C3%A1l+Farrell%22&pg=PA272|title=Sources in Irish Art: A Reader|first=Fintan|last=Cullen|date=26 October 2000|publisher=Cork University Press|isbn=9781859181546 |via=Google Books}} He won the main award at the 1969 Irish Exhibition of Living Art and made a speech criticising British conduct in Northern Ireland. He emigrated to France in 1971 with his family, staying for a time at the famous artists' residence La Ruche.{{Cite web|url=https://crawfordartgallery.ie/the-work-of-micheal-farrell/|title=THE WORK OF MICHEAL FARRELL - Crawford Art Gallery|date=18 March 2020|website=crawfordartgallery.ie}}
According to the Crawford Art Gallery, "His self-portraits echo his critical analysis of Ireland, suggesting a crisis of masculinity, something that becomes a significant preoccupation that treads a fine line between self-pity and ruthless self-examination".
In 1987 he was elected to Aosdána.
He received a retrospective at the Crawford Gallery in 2013–14.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20250205.html|title=Honouring the work of Artist Michael Farrell|first=Tina Darb|last=O’Sullivan|date=21 November 2013|website=Irish Examiner}} His work is held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Hugh Lane Gallery, Ulster Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Pompidou Centre, National Gallery of Ireland and the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://graphicstudiodublin.com/artist/farrell-michael/|title=Farrell, Micheal – Graphic Studio Gallery}}{{Cite web|url=http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/people/4402/micheal-farrell;jsessionid=5AEC02ABC5B56080DBE3DF265B0286C7/objects|title=Objects – Micheal Farrell – Artists – National Gallery of Ireland|website=onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie}}
Personal life
Aged 24, he fathered an illegitimate child, with his girlfriend Sarah Shearman; he then married Patricia "Pat" Lamplew, with whom he had three sons. In 1992 he divorced her and married Meg Bosanquet Early.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/pictures-of-passion-and-pain-26286864.html|title=Pictures of passion and pain|website=independent|date=14 April 2007 }} He died in Cardet, France in 2000.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9VADwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Miche%C3%A1l+Farrell%22&pg=PT395|title=A Reluctant Memoir|first=Robert|last=Ballagh|date=20 September 2018|publisher=Head of Zeus Ltd|isbn=9781786695307 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/michael-farrell-an-international-artist-who-never-forgot-his-roots-1.1517642|title=Michael Farrell: an international artist who never forgot his roots|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://eddiekennedystudio.ie/}}
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Category:Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
Category:20th-century Irish painters
Category:Artists from County Meath