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39 Donald Teskey RHA (b.1956) Amtrak Drawing No.1 (Bridge & Tunnel People) (2007)signed lower right & dated 2007
diptych charcoal on paper
105 x 150cm (41 x 59in)
Provenance:
First Art Ltd, London (label verso) where purchased by the present owner
€10,000-15,000 (£8,695-13,043)
Donald Teskey was born in Co. Limerick in 1956. He graduated from Limerick College of Art and Design with a Diploma in Fine
Art in 1978. He came to prominence as an artist during the 1980s with several significant solo exhibitions as well as being the re-
cipient of awards in EVA and the Claremorris Open Exhibition. In 2003 he was elected a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
The images reflect his response to the formal elements of composition; shape form and the fall of light. Works are made in his studio
but based on extensive studies and detailed notes. The result is powerful images of instantly recognisable parts of the landscape and
cityscapes with large abstract passages and surfaces which articulate the relentless energetic and elemental force of nature.