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Tony O'Malley HRHA

Tony O’Malley (1913-2003) was a self-taught painter from Callan in County Kilkenny who developed a passion for art from a young age, painting for pleasure. Though he started his career in banking, a battle with illness forced him to turn his full attention towards art, eventually taking it on as a profession.
He spent some time in St Ives in Cornwall where he took strong influence from the St Ives artistic community. When his close friend Peter Lanyon was killed in a plane crash, O’Malley dedicated many of his paintings to his memory and took on a more sombre palette. It wasn’t until he married and travelled to the Bahamas around a decade later that his work became characterised by a use of bolder colours.
The artist was elected a Saoi of Aosdána and the Irish Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective of his work in 2005.
Tony O'Malley HRHA - Auction results
There have been 17 artwork(s) sold in previous auctions-
Lot 264 Sale Date: 04 June 2008Result: £2,400
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CORMORANTS Sale Date: 13 May 2015 Medium: Oil on Board Size: H 15" x W 19"Result: £2,200
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Lot 152 Sale Date: 07 March 2012Result: £1,600
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SUNSET LANDSCAPE Sale Date: 25 February 2016 Medium: Collage on Wood Panel Size: H 4" x W 11"Result: £1,300
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MORNING, ST MARTIN'S, THE BIRD TABLE Sale Date: 16 July 2020 Medium: Mixed Media Size: H 12" x W 8"Result: £1,000
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Lot 148 Sale Date: 18 February 2009Result: £1,000
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ST MATTHEWS, NASSAU Sale Date: 26 March 2020 Medium: Oil on Board Size: H 9.5" x W 19"Result: £900
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SIGNAL BAR, ST MARTIN'S Sale Date: 16 July 2020 Medium: Mixed Media Size: H 10" x W 7"Result: £650
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WINTER FIELD Sale Date: 23 June 2016 Medium: Mixed Media Size: H 10" x W 7"Result: £600
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SAINT MARTIN'S FIELDS WITH WINGS Sale Date: 08 December 2016 Medium: Gouache on Board Size: H 8" x W 11"Result: £600
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UNTITLED Sale Date: 04 May 2017 Medium: Pastel on Paper Size: H 4.5" x W 6"Result: £600