The Summer exhibition at the Hunt Museum, Limerick, will feature 22 paintings by Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940) who is now regarded as one of Ireland's most important modernist painters. All the paintings come from private collections and this provides visitors to the exhibition an opportunity to see works that are normally not on public view.                 Roderic O’Conor was born in Milton, Co. Roscommon, and did his early training in Dublin before leaving to study on the continent like so many artists at the time. However unlike other Irish artists he was to make his life on the continent, spending most of his time in France. His work was influenced by impressionism and post-impressionism, particularly by the work of Van Gogh and Gauguin, but he was primarily interested in exploring his own ideas. His work is inventive and experimental, this can be seen particularly in his early striped paintings and, in the early twentieth century, in his use of vivid colours. In this visually beautiful show O’Conor’s versatility as a painter is illustrated with subject matter ranging through landscape, seascape, figure painting and still life. This exhibition emphasises his importance, his progressiveness and his freedom of interpretation and expression.         Opening Times: Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm; Sunday 2pm - 5pm Tel: 061-312833 Fax: 061-312834 Email: info@huntmuseum.com For further information contact: Naomi O’Nolan         Copyright © 2005 The Hunt Museum Ltd. | Disclaimer