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 L.S., 2004'
- Price Realised: 450
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil pastel over watercolour on paper
- 21Ό x 15Ύin. (53.98 x 40.01cm)
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'MOTHER EARTH, THE FOUR SEASONS, 1970'
- Price Realised: 425
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- watercolour, gouache and pastel
- 26 x 19in. (66.04 x 48.26cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF JAY WITH A BASQUE HAT, 1983'
- Price Realised: 420
- Sale: 11 December 2011
- etching (no. 7 from an edition of 20)
- 30 by 22cm., 11.7 5 by 8.75in.
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'PORTRAIT OF FRANKIE GAVIN'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- coloured chalks
- 27½ x 21½in. (69.85 x 54.61cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF STΙPHANE GRAPPELLI, 1993'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- charcoal
- 21Ό x 14Ύin. (53.98 x 37.47cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF L.D. [NO. 1], 1970'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 13Όin. (38.10 x 33.66cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF A.M., 1970'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 13Όin. (38.10 x 33.66cm)
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'HEAD STUDY'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- lithograph; (no. 4 from an edition of 120)
- 21Ό x 14Ύin. (53.98 x 37.47cm)
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'SCOTSPINE ON LIMESTONE, 2004'
- Price Realised: 340
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- etching; (no. 211 from an edition of 220); (unframed)
- 11Ό x 11Όin. (28.58 x 28.58cm)
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'SELF PORTRAIT WITH PARTIAL LANDSCAPE, 1964'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pencil and pastel on Ingres paper; (unframed)
- 24 x 19in. (60.96 x 48.26cm)
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'FIGURE STUDY and FIGURE STUDY, 1964 (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- mixed media; (2); (unframed)
- 19Ύ x 14Όin. (50.17 x 36.20cm)
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'SELF PORTRAIT and FIGURE STUDIES (SET OF THREE)'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pencil, pastel and wash; (2); pencil; (1); (unframed)
- 20 x 15in. (50.80 x 38.10cm)
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'SELF PORTRAIT and FIGURE STUDY, 1964 (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pencil and wash; (1); pencil; (1); (unframed)
- 20 x 14in. (50.80 x 35.56cm)
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'THREE PORTRAITS OF LIAM ΣG and TWO HORSES, 1994 (SET OF FOUR)'
- Price Realised: 280
- Sale: 25 July 2016
- pencil and pastel on paper; (4); (unframed)
- 22 x 15in. (55.88 x 38.10cm)
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'POLLING, 1966'
- Price Realised: 250
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- mixed media on paper
- 31½ x 22in. (80.01 x 55.88cm)
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'SWEENEY OVER DRIMCONEY, 1987'
- Price Realised: 240
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- etching; (no. 6 from an edition of 15)
- 11½ x 11½in. (29.21 x 29.21cm)
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'SWEENEY IN A WOOD, 1987'
- Price Realised: 230
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- etching; (no. 9 from an edition 15)
- 11½ x 11Ύin. (29.21 x 29.85cm)
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'DON QUIXOTE FOR MICHEAL FARRELL, 1981'
- Price Realised: 220
- Sale: 09 December 2012
- lithograph; (no. 8 from an edition of 60)
- 23.25 by 18.5in., 59.055 by 46.99cm.
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'SELF PORTRAIT and FIGURE STUDY (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pencil, pastel and wash; (1); pencil; (1); (unframed)
- 19Ύ x 14in. (50.17 x 35.56cm)
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'FIGURE STUDIES (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pencil, pastel and wash; (1); pencil and pastel; (1); (unframed)
- 20 x 15in. (50.80 x 38.10cm)
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'GUITARIST, FIGURE WITH INFANT and STUDY OF INFANT [STUDIES ON A SINGLE SHEET FRONT AND BACK]'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pastel on paper; (unframed)
- 30 x 22in. (76.20 x 55.88cm)
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'DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANSA [SIC], 1981'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 09 December 2012
- lithograph; (no. 8 from an edition of 60)
- 23 by 15.5in., 58.42 by 39.37cm.
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'SCOTSPINE ON LIMESTONE'
- Price Realised: 180
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- etching
- 10½ x 9Ύin. (26.67 x 24.77cm)
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'SELF AND DON QUIXOTE ON HIS DEATH-BED, 1980'
- Price Realised: 170
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- etching; (no. 5 from an edition of 20)
- 12 x 9½in. (30.48 x 24.13cm)
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'SCOTSPINE ON LIMESTONE, 2004'
- Price Realised: 160
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- etching; (no. 209 from an edition of 220); (unframed)
- 10Ό x 10in. (26.04 x 25.40cm)
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'SCOTSPINE ON LIMESTONE, 2004'
- Price Realised: 160
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- etching; (no. 111 from an edition of 220); (unframed)
- 10Ό x 10in. (26.04 x 25.40cm)
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'SELF PORTRAITS (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 150
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- pencil, pastel and wash; (2) (unframed)
- 20 x 15in. (50.80 x 38.10cm)
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'SCOTSPINE ON LIMESTONE, 2004'
- Price Realised: 150
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- etching; (no. 169 from an edition of 220); (unframed)
- 11Ό x 11Όin. (28.58 x 28.58cm)