Lot 80 Charles Tyrrell

Charles Tyrell, b.1950 C6 O4 Oil on panel, diptych, 70'' x 35'' overall (178 x 89cm), signed, inscribed and dated 2004 verso For many, Tyrell is one of the finest contemporary painters working in Ireland. Born in Trim, Co. Meath, Tyrell graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 1974. He held his first exhibition that year in the P rojects Art Centre in Dublin. He has gone on to win numerous awards and he has held acclaimed exhibitions in various European and American locations. He is a member of Aosdana and is represented in Ireland by Taylor Galleries, Dublin. Aidan Dunne, reviewing a Tyrell exhibition in Taylors in 2009 wrote: ''Tyrell is an exemplar of what Gerard Richter termed ''the daily practice of painting'', one senses that life revolves around the frontline of the studio, each piece he produces has the feeling of having been subjected to exacting scrutiny, of having been looked at and reworked until any doubts or obviousness have been left behind''.