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Untitled

Drawing
late 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

John McQuirk is a self-taught artist with a spiritual outlook and a highly personal idiom. His radiantly colourful drawings, like his poetry, are inspired by and seem to be a way of exorcising a traumatic childhood and adolescence spent in a succession of Catholic orphanages. After a chequered career following various occupations, including builder and bingo-caller, McQuirk began to paint and draw in earnest late in life. He is now one of the most commercially successful and critically appreciated artists on the ‘outsider’ scene.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUntitled (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wax crayon and acrylic paint on black paper
Brief description
Untitled drawing by John McQuirk
Physical description
Drawing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.3cm
  • Width: 84.2cm
Style
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subjects depicted
Summary
John McQuirk is a self-taught artist with a spiritual outlook and a highly personal idiom. His radiantly colourful drawings, like his poetry, are inspired by and seem to be a way of exorcising a traumatic childhood and adolescence spent in a succession of Catholic orphanages. After a chequered career following various occupations, including builder and bingo-caller, McQuirk began to paint and draw in earnest late in life. He is now one of the most commercially successful and critically appreciated artists on the ‘outsider’ scene.
Collection
Accession number
E.1104-2002

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Record createdDecember 3, 2003
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