Theo McNab
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| Theo McNab | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 Dublin, Ireland |
| 2015 (aged 74–75)2015 (aged 74–75) | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Irish |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Landscape artist |
| Style | Abstract art, minimalist art |
| 🏅 Awards | Scott Tallon Walker Prize, Oireachtas Exhibition 1976 |
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Theo McNab,[1][2] born 1940, died 2015 (aged 74–75),[3] is an Irish artist and former Head of Fine Arts at the National College of Art and Design.
Theo McNab was born in Dublin in 1940[4][5] to Henry (Harry) McNab, a plasterer and Margaret McNab (née Smith). He is a self taught artist and did not have any formal artistic training. Despite this, his paintings, mainly abstract and minimalist landscapes, are highly accomplished studies, executed in muted tones. Described as a "painter of considerable discipline and control",[6] and who "paints with the taste and architectural purity of a Patrick Scott, extended by conceptual ideas unusually carried out in the medium of painting",[7] his works often from a grid structure, similar to fellow Irish artist Charles Tyrrell, that are focused on the interplay of light and perspective within in this system. They are both depictions of the organic landscape and the geometric forms found within it.
McNab first exhibited his work in 1971 in Dublin at the now closed David Hendriks Gallery[6] on St. Stephen's Green, and had a one-man show in 1973. His work was shown in Rosc '80. He has represented Ireland at the prestigious international painting festival Cagnes-sûr-Mer in 1973[8] and 1975, and has participated in group shows in the USA, England, Italy, Germany, Japan, and China. He won the Scott Tallon Walker Prize at the Oireachtas Exhibition in 1976. He was head of Fine Arts at National College of Art and Design (NCAD) from 1988-2000 and was elected to membership of Aosdána, the Irish Association of Artists, in 1981. His work is held in the collections of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, the University of Limerick Art Collection, and the Bank of Ireland headquarters at Baggot Street, Dublin.[4]
In 1981, McNab was commissioned to create a replacement trophy for the Jacob's Award, Ireland's annual awards for broadcasting.[9]
Selected works[edit]
- Irish Elegy (1971)[10]
Mentioned in[edit]
- Art Foundation (New York, N.Y.); JSTOR (1974). ARTnews. 73. ARTnews Associates – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Hewitt, John Harold; Catto, Mike (1977). Art in Ulster 2: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking, 1957-1977. Blackstaff Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780856401299 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Irish American Cultural Institute (1993). Éire-Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies. 28. Irish American Cultural Institute. p. 28 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Carty, Ciaran (1995). Confessions of a Sewer Rat: A Personal History of Censorship & the Irish Cinema. New Island Books. p. 32. ISBN 9781874597278 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Committee for Southern African-Irish Historical Studies, Ireland and Southern Africa Project (1996). Southern African-Irish Studies. 3. Committee for Southern African-Irish Studies. p. 146 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- McDonnell, Joseph (1997). Five Hundred Years of the Art of the Book in Ireland: 1500 to the Present. National Gallery of Ireland. p. 160 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Boylan, Patricia (1998). All Cultivated People: A History of the United Arts Club, Dublin. Smythe. p. 254. ISBN 9780861402663 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Ryan, Vera (2003). Movers and Shapers: Irish Art Since 1960. Collins. pp. 181, 208. ISBN 9781903464380 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Moore-McCann, Brenda (2009). Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland: Between Categories. Lund Humphries. p. 6. ISBN 9781848220140 – via Google Books. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ Knowles, Roderic (1982). Contemporary Irish Art: A Documentation. Wolfhound Press. ISBN 9780863270017 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Reihill, A.; de Breffny, B. (1990). The GPA Irish Arts Review Yearbook – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ "Theo McNab, Irish artist, 1940 - 2015 – art sold at auction". Adams.ie. Dublin, Ireland: James Adam & Sons Ltd. n.d. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gilleece, Emma (8 April 2023). "100 Buildings: What do bankers know about architecture?". RTE.ie. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ Hill, J.R.; Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John (26 August 2010). A New History of Ireland Volume VII: Ireland, 1921-84. Oxford University Press. p. 612. ISBN 9780199592821 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Irish Arts Review, Volume 2. Eton Enterprises. 1985 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Department of Foreign Affairs (1976). Ireland Today, Issues 879-941. Information Section, Department of Foreign Affairs. p. 6 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Irish art of the seventies: Modernist Irish art 1960-1990. Cork, Ireland: Gandon Editions for the Crawford Art Gallery. 2007. p. 64. ISBN 9780948037344. Search this book on
- ↑ "Kee wins award for TV history of Ireland". The Irish Times. 11 April 1981.
- ↑ Ryan, Vera (2006). Movers & Shapers 2. Collins. ISBN 9781905172030 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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