Lot 38 Stephen McKenna

Stephen McKenna ARHA, b.1939 THE END OF ACT ONE Oil on canvas, (102 x 102cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1967/1968 verso McKenna is regarded as one of Ireland's finest post- modern figurative painters. Born in London, he has made Ireland his permanent home since 1998. He was short listed for the Turner Prize in 1986. McKenna has a very distinctive palette and he says this early work was done at a time when theatre was a subject very close to his heart. He is represented in Ireland by the Kerlin Gallery and is a past president of the R.H.A.