B i o g r a p h y
Self Portrait, Sketch, 1955
Pencil on paper
10 x 8.5 ins. / 26 x 21 cm
"The best is yet to be discovered......"
John O'Leary, November, 1999
John O'Leary ( 1929 - 1999)
1929
Born on October 29th, in Boyce's Street, Cork City, Ireland.
1954 - 57
Attends Crawford School of Art, Cork (Graduating in 1958)
1957
Wins the Gibson Bequest Scholarship to study art in Paris, France
1957-58
Attends Atelier Andre L'Hote and Academie Julian, Paris
Travels to Brittany, southern France and Spain.
1958 - 65
Art Teacher at Cork Vocational Schools.
1961
Debut Solo Exhibition of Paintings, Dublin Painter's Gallery
1963
Founder member of Cork Arts Society and the Lavit Gallery, Cork
1965
Marries Grace Hogg, a Sligo nurse working in Cork.
1965 - 73
Part-time Art Lecturer, Crawford School of Art, Cork.
1974 - 95
Lecturer in Fine Art at Sligo Regional Technical College.
1976-80
Head of Fine Art, Sligo Reginal Technical College.
1977 - 95
President of Sligo Art Gallery
1993
Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo
1999
Died in Sligo, Ireland, November 16th.
Oh Gentle One 1994
Oil on canvas
24 x 26 ins / 66.5 x 91 cm