Untitled
Drawing
late 20th century (made)
late 20th century (made)
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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
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Object type | |
Title | Untitled (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Wax crayon and acrylic paint on dark blue paper |
Brief description | Untitled drawing by John McQuirk |
Physical description | Drawing. |
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Production type | Unique |
Credit line | Given by the artist |
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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. |
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Accession number | E.1103-2002 |
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Record created | December 3, 2003 |
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