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Chronology of a life
Events, studio output, critical commentary, and artist's statements compiled by Pierre le Brocquy
FIRST WORKS (1938-1945) TINKER PAINTINGS (1945-1950) GREY PERIOD (1951-1954)
1916-37 DUBLIN 1945-46 EARLY TINKER PHASE 1951 FAMILY PAINTINGS 1938-39 EUROPE 1947 LONDON EDEN TAPESTRIES 1940-41 RETURN 1948-50 LATER TINKER PHASE 1952-53 AUBUSSON 1944 NATIVE INFLUENCE EARLY TAPESTRY DESIGNS 1954-55 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART 1945 TURNING POINT
WHITE PERIOD (1956-1966) ANCESTRAL HEADS (1964-1974) PORTRAIT HEADS (1975-2006)
1956-57 PRESENCES 1964-66 MUSÉE DE L'HOMME PARIS 1975-76 W.B. YEATS 1958-59 FRANCE 1967-68 TÁIN BÓ CUAILNGE 1977-78 JAMES JOYCE, F. G. LORCA 1960 SWITZERLAND 1969-70 THE TÁIN 1979-80 SAMUEL BECKETT 1961-63 CARROS 1971-72 NORTHERN TROUBLES FRANCIS BACON 1973-74 CÚCHULAINN TAPESTRIES AUGUST STRINDBERG SHAKESPEARE
PORTRAIT HEADS (1975-2006) LIFE & STILL LIFE / LANDSCAPES
1981-83 SELF 1984-85 LILIES, DOVES ... 1990-93 OSCAR WILDE DELACROIX PROCESSION SERIES BONO MANDELA 1986 DUBLINERS 1994-95 ERWIN SCHRODINGER 1983 SEAMUS HEANEY 1987 IRISH LANDSCAPES GEORGE MOORE PICASSO 1988-89 BECKETT / BROCQUY DESCARTES
HUMAN IMAGES (1996-2003)
1996 EARLY PHASE