He visited Paris in 1949, and there absorbed the lessons of Rouault, Vlaminck and Utrillo. In the early 1950s, O'Neill left Belfast for Conlig in Co. Down which had a small-scale artists colony at the time, with George Campbell and Gerard Dillon also living there. In 1958 he left Ireland for London. His work from this time onwards was increasingly introspective and often desolate. He died in Belfast in 1974.
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Irish Art - Daniel O'Neill
Irelands foremost romantic painter, Dan O'Neill was the son a Belfast electrician. He took life classes at the Belfast College of Art and the advent of his painting career coincided with the outbreak of WWII. After the 1941 Blitz of Belfast he took to salvaging wood and experimenting with wood carving. His first exhibition was in 1941 and within 5 years the Dublin art dealer Victor Waddington had taken him in hand, granting a regular income which allowed him to give up his day job and focus on painting full time.
He visited Paris in 1949, and there absorbed the lessons of Rouault, Vlaminck and Utrillo. In the early 1950s, O'Neill left Belfast for Conlig in Co. Down which had a small-scale artists colony at the time, with George Campbell and Gerard Dillon also living there. In 1958 he left Ireland for London. His work from this time onwards was increasingly introspective and often desolate. He died in Belfast in 1974.
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He visited Paris in 1949, and there absorbed the lessons of Rouault, Vlaminck and Utrillo. In the early 1950s, O'Neill left Belfast for Conlig in Co. Down which had a small-scale artists colony at the time, with George Campbell and Gerard Dillon also living there. In 1958 he left Ireland for London. His work from this time onwards was increasingly introspective and often desolate. He died in Belfast in 1974.
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