The Arts Council has expressed its regret at the passing of artist and Aosdána member Theo McNab.
Sheila Pratschke, Chair of the Arts Council said, “Theo McNab’s work, although minimalist, had an extreme sensitivity and purity that is rare. He had a unique voice as a painter and will be sadly missed by the whole community.”
Theo was born in Dublin in 1940; he was a self-taught painter, known principally for his abstract, minimalist landscapes. His solo exhibitions included the David Hendriks Gallery (1973, 75, 80) and the Cork Arts Society Gallery (1976). He represented Ireland at the Cagnes-sûr-Mer painting festival in 1975, and had participated in group shows in California, England, Italy, Germany, Japan and China. He won the Living Art Exhibition's Carroll's Award in 1971, the Waterford Glass Painting Prize in 1973, and the Scott Tallon Walker Prize at the Oireachtas Exhibition in 1976. He was the head of fine arts at the National College of Art & Design from 1988 to 2000.
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