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Charles Brady, 1926–1997

White Shoe Box, 1987

While Charles Brady was known to have painted a small number of landscapes, he is widely recognised as a painter of everyday or banal objects. He treated these objects with monumental grandeur and dignity, combining a spare, almost minimal aesthetic with an open, painterly approach. His work is understated and often humorous, usually presented on a modest scale that belies the sense of potential and mystery that it contains.

THIS WORK HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY REMOVED FROM EXHIBITION FOR CONSERVATION REASONS

MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions Unframed, 41 x 61 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Donation, Maire and Maurice Foley, 2000
Item NumberIMMA.869 FD
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Charles Brady, White Shoe Box, 1987, Oil on canvas, Unframed, 41 x 61 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, Maire and Maurice Foley, 2000

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

About the Artist

Charles Brady, 1926–1997

Painter Charles Brady was born in New York and studied at the Art Students League there. He first visited Ireland in 1956 and settled here permanently in 1959. Brady was best known as a painter of everyday objects in an understated manner, usually on a modest scale. He exhibited extensively in Ireland and the United States and was the subject of a major retrospective at the RHA in 2001.
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