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Patrick Pye

August 1, 2013 by

Baptism of Christ

10x13

Oil/Pastel on Paper

orthodox Ceremony

16x10"

Pastel on Paper

The Cruxcifixion

24x12"

Mixed Media on Board

The Entombment

Patrick Pye

b. 1929

Patrick Pye was born in Winchester in 1929 and brought up in Dublin which has continued to be his home. In 1943 he started painting at school under the sculptor Oisin Kelly where he made illustrated versions of T.S. Eliot’s poems.

In 1957 he was awarded Mainnie Jellet Scholarship for painting in Ireland and began his studies in stained glass under Albert Troost in Maastricht. During these years he becomes friendly with Elizabeth Rivers, the English painter/engraver who worked in Aran for many years and ended her days in Dublin, 1968.

During the 1960s he worked on several commissions for stained glass in churches throughout Ireland. In 1963 he was baptised in the Roman rite. Ten years later he commenced etching at the Graphic Studio Dublin where he continues working at this medium. Painting is still the main body of his work. He has regular one-man shows at David Hendriks’Gallery.

In 1981 he was elected to Aosdana and in 1991 he was elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy. In 1994 he exhibited at Polish Art Historian’s Gallery, Cracow and had his first show at the Rubicon Gallery, Dublin.

Patrick Pye has done many prestigious commissions for churches and individuals throughout Ireland.

Filed Under: Painting Tagged With: RHA, stained glass

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