Brian Bourke
Bourke was born in Dublin in 1936. He attended the National College of Art & Design in Dublin and later moved to London to further his studies. Bourke has worked around the world including in Bavaria, Switzerland and France.
In 1988 a retrospective exhibition of his work, '25 Years', was part of the Galway Arts Festival and this was later mounted at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin.
Bourke has represented Ireland abroad on many occasions including the Paris Biennale in 1965 and the Lugano exhibition in London in 1980. A year later he took part in the second Biennale of European Art at Birmingham, Alabama, and in 1986 was included in an exhibition of Irish artists at Beverly Hills, California. His work has been critically acclaimed and is the subject of numerous monographs. An RTE television programme was produced on Brian's work in 1988. He is a member of Aosdαna and lives and works in the west of Ireland.
In 1988 a retrospective exhibition of his work, '25 Years', was part of the Galway Arts Festival and this was later mounted at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin.
Bourke has represented Ireland abroad on many occasions including the Paris Biennale in 1965 and the Lugano exhibition in London in 1980. A year later he took part in the second Biennale of European Art at Birmingham, Alabama, and in 1986 was included in an exhibition of Irish artists at Beverly Hills, California. His work has been critically acclaimed and is the subject of numerous monographs. An RTE television programme was produced on Brian's work in 1988. He is a member of Aosdαna and lives and works in the west of Ireland.
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'PORTRAIT OF MARY M, 1992'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- pastel and watercolour
- 41 x 29½in. (104.14 x 74.93cm)
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'CARTHAGINIANS, DRUID, 1992'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- pastel and watercolour
- 21.21 x 14Όin. (53.87 x 36.20cm)
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'DANCER, 1993'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- mixed media on paper
- 44 x 30Όin. (111.76 x 76.84cm)
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'DANCER, 1993'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- mixed media on paper
- 44 x 30Όin. (111.76 x 76.84cm)
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'NUDE, 1989'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 14 June 2021
- pastel and watercolour
- 29Ό x 21in. (74.30 x 53.34cm)
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'CARDET, FRANCE, 1990'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- pastel and gouache
- 29½ x 21½in. (74.93 x 54.61cm)
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'NEIGHBOUR'S CHILD'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour and crayon
- 50 by 35cm., 19.5 by 13.7in.
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'PORTRAIT OF V.F., 1998'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- mixed media
- 25 x 18in. (63½ x 45.72cm)
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'DOMESTIC INTIMACY'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 23 February 2015
- etching; (no. 3 from edition of 30)
- 7.30 x 7.10in. (18.54 x 18.03cm)
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'OLIVE GROVE, EXTREMADURA, 2007'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 09 December 2012
- gouache with pastel and mixed media on paper
- 30.25 by 22.5in., 76.835 by 57.15cm.
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'SCOTS PINE ON LIMESTONE, 2002'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- gouache with pastel and pencil on paper
- 18.75 by 14in., 47.625 by 35.56cm.
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'PORTRAIT OF CHRISSIE HYND OF THE PRETENDERS'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- mixed media on paper
- 51 by 47cm., 20 by 18.5in.
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'REHEARSING. WAITING FOR GODOT, 1991'
- Price Realised: 700
- Sale: 09 December 2018
- pastel and watercolour
- 21½ x 14½in. (54.61 x 36.83cm)
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'BOG CUTS, CONNEMARA, 1981'
- Price Realised: 650
- Sale: 09 December 2018
- oil on paper
- 23 x 17in. (58.42 x 43.18cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF J WITH BASQUE HAT, 1982'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- mixed media on paper
- 25½ x 22in. (64.77 x 55.88cm)
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'OLIVE TREES, ANDALUCIA, SPAIN, 1996'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- goauche and pastel
- 21Ό x 17½in. (53.98 x 44.45cm)
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'GIRL IN BLACK AND WHITE DRESS, 1989'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- oil on paper
- 21Ύ x 14Ύin. (55Ό x 37.47cm)
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'MAN CARRYING BRANCHES, 1995'
- Price Realised: 540
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- pastel and watercolour
- 20Ό x 12Ύin. (51.44 x 32.39cm)
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'WAX AND PLASTER HEADS, 1985'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- contι on paper
- 29 x 22in. (73.66 x 55.88cm)
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'UNTITLED [PORTRAIT], 1970'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- oil on canvas
- 12Ύ x 10½in. (32.39 x 26.67cm)
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'DUBLIN, 1967'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- mixed media on paper
- 26½ x 18½in. (67.31 x 46.99cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF L.S., 2004'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil pastel over watercolour on paper
- 21Ό x 15½in. (53.98 x 39.37cm)
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'DON QUIXOTE, 1973'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- etching (no. 20 from an edition of 75)
- 25 by 20cm., 10 by 7.75in.
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'MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, JUNE 20TH, 1987'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- pastel on paper
- 21 x 14½in. (53.34 x 36.83cm)
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'HEAD, 1970'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- oil on canvas
- 14 x 11Όin. (35.56 x 28.58cm)
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'HEAD, 1970'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- oil on canvas
- 14 x 11½in. (35.56 x 29.21cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF A.M., 1970'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- oil on canvas
- 13 x 13Όin. (33.02 x 33.66cm)
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'LA BELLA BARMAID, 1993'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- watercolour and crayon on paper
- 25 x 18Όin. (63½ x 46.36cm)