Publisher's Synopsis
This was the first museum show in over thirty years to focus on the painted and graphic work of Irish artist Roderic O{u2019}Conor (1860{u2013}1940). The exhibition demonstrated his highly original contribution to the experimentation that revolutionised art in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The artworks{u2014}many not previously seen in public{u2014}reconstructed the critical phase of O{u2019}Conor{u2019}s career between 1887 and 1895, when he became dissatisfied with Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. This exhibition presented a unique opportunity not only to examine the evolution of O{u2019}Conor{u2019}s signature expressionist style, but also to place his work side-by-side with that of the artists with whom he connected and collaborated, including Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Armand Seguin, Robert Bevan, and, above all, Cuno Amiet. -- National Gallery of Ireland website.
