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Hector McDonnell RUA (b.1947) Accordian Player, San Franciscosigned lower right
oil on canvas
61 x 46cm (24 x 18in)
Provenance:
de Veres, Dublin, 25th November 2008
Private Collection
Exhibited:
Pyms Gallery, London (label verso)
€3,000-5,000 (£2,343-3,906)
Hector McDonnell was born in 1947 in County Antrim, the youngest son of the Earl and Countess of Antrim. His mother was a
dedicated sculptress and cartoonist. McDonnell was first educated in Eton and Oxford before travelling in 1964 to Munich and then
Vienna to study drawing and painting, as well as sculpture. He studied for a spell under Hans Wotruba, the famous Viennese Seces-
sionist sculptor. McDonnell’s first solo exhibition was at the Hamet Gallery, London. After this, he became an exhibitor with the
eminent Fischer Fine Art Gallery, London. More solo exhibitions followed in Munich and Vienna, after which McDonnell partici-
pated in two major shows of contemporary art in Paris on the theme of Contemporary International Realism. In 1981, McDonnell
won the Darmstadter Kunstpreis - one of Germany’s most illustrious art prizes. This led to a major exhibition at the Darmstadt Arts
Museum in which over 150 of McDonnell’s paintings and more than 100 drawings were shown. McDonnell continues to exhibit in
major galleries in Ireland and around the world.