Abstract

Mainie Jellett was a pioneer of the modern art movement in Ireland, she painted in the abstract Cubist style.

I first saw Jellett's work at the National Gallery of Ireland and without realising it, it was her work which influenced the direction of my entire research!

Abstract Composition


Many of her abstracts are built up from a central 'eye', in arcs of colour, held together by the rhythm of line and shape, and given depth and intensity by her use of colour. It was the simple shapes together with the dark tones against bright strips of primary colours which attracted me to her paintings.

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