Michael Quirke

London High Street - Late 20th Century Impressionist Acrylic of Bus Stop Quirke

1990

Morning Light Seascape - Mid 20th Century Oil of Boats England by Donald Blake Frederick Donald Blake Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908 and died in 1997. Blake's family moved to Lo...

Denise has been painting professionally since the early 1980's, and has been teaching watercolours since 2002. She says "my inspiration is the world around me... it is truly amazin...

Artist's Address - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil by Dorothy King - London Dorothy King was born and lived in London in 1907. She studied at the Hornsey School of Art under JC Moody, then briefly at the Slade School of Fine Art with Randolph Schwabe. She took up painting professionally after the war and in 1947 was elected to the RBA. In 1959 she was a temporary keeper of its galleries in Suffolk Street and then, from 1961-1974, was a keeper of the South London Art Gallery. Dorothy King’s paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New English Arts Club and elsewhere in the U.K. and her work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York. A memorial show was held at the Mall Galleries in 1992 after her death in 1990. This piece of the artists house in London was created using oil on canvas and is in a wooden frame. Keywords: Impressionist, impressionism, artist window, address, London, Russell Square...

Michael Quirke was born in 1946 and studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London. After moving from London, Michael became a member of the art community in St Ives and was elected Pr...

Michael Quirke (Born 1946) Michael Quirke was born in 1946 and studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London. After moving from London, Michael became a member of the art community i...

Michael Quirke was born in 1946 and studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London. After moving from London, Michael became a member of the art community in St Ives and was elected Pr...

A. J. Bennett (South African, fl. Early 20th century) Light and Shade • Oil on canvas artist board ca. 42.5 x 29.5 cm • Later frame ca. 53.5 x 41 cm Worldwide shipping is complime...

A beautiful woman sits at an open window, gazing down at a small bird who has landed nearby in this serene portrait by Charles Levier. Warm orange tones are played off their complements in shades of blue, the artist utilizing several different layers of oils to create a subtle and relaxed view of a spring day near the sea. Beyond the window a small chapel sits on a peninsula, surrounded tranquil blue waters. This work, like many of Levier's, belongs to the French figurative movement of the Glorious Thirty (Les Trente Glorieuses) - the golden period of thirty years after WWII which were a time of great hope and prosperity in France. Inspired by Hollywood cinema, Charles Levier sought harmony in composition and purity of color and form. His said that his creations represented "a light and delicate world, of dark and subtle shades and colors." Levier worked in a somewhat abstracted, cubist style. Additionally he often employed the French technique of "cloisonnism" (after the French for "partition"), a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours, also seen in this work. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on the occasion of the Salon des Indépendants, in March 1888 and was commonly used by artists like Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Paul...

Scottish artist John Maclauchlan Milne, RSA, (1885-1957) is a contemporary of Scottish Colourists Peploe, Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter. Like the...

Jacques BOUYSSOU (1926-1997) Le port de Dieppe, 1969 Oil on original canvas, in perfect condition, original canvas. Large size : 90 x 118 cm Signed lower left Vintage frame Provena...

Georges YOLDJOGLOU ( né en 1933) Paris, vue sur les jardins de la Tour Eiffel Oil on canvas Size : 60 x 73cm Signed lower right Titled on the back...

Gaston Sebire (1920-2001) Vue de Rouen Oil on canvas Size : 65 x 81 cm Signed lower right Provenance : Private Collection, France Very good condition. Original canvas. Frame included...