Lot 91 Brian Breathnach

Brian Breathnach, b.1958 THE UNKNOWN PAINTER Oil on canvas, 15'' x 12'' (38cm x 30.5cm), signed with initials 2B and dated 1988. Brian Breathnach was born in Dublin in 1958. He studied for one year at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) from September 1976 to June 1977. In 1982 Breathnach moved to Paris where he lived and worked as an independent visual artist. In 1983 he worked with Michael Farrell at 'La Ruche' in Paris assisting Farrell in the execution of a series of paintings in the Café Triste and James Joyce series'. In 1987 Breathnach met with Samuel Beckett and began a series of portraits and interpretive works on the writings of Beckett. In 2006 he staged an exhibition titled: Meeting Samuel Beckett at The Dublin Writers Museum as part of The Beckett Centenary Festival. The exhibition was opened by Edward Beckett who acquired a large work for his collection. Brian Breathnach lives and works in Dublin, he has exhibited widely in Ireland and Europe and has received many corporate and private commissions during more than thirty years as a professional artist.