Untitled
1950
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1950
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1950 by John McQuirk, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John McQuirk’s untitled drawing is a radiant, colorful work on paper. It comes from a late 20th-century career jump he made after years of odd jobs. His art grew from hard childhood years in Catholic orphanages. He started drawing seriously later in life. This piece fits his habit of turning personal pain into bright, vivid images. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
John McQuirk, a self-taught artist with a spiritual perspective, created radiantly colorful drawings as both artistic expression and a means of processing a difficult upbringing in Catholic orphanages. His work reflects deeply personal themes drawn from his traumatic childhood and adolescent years. After pursuing various occupations, including builder and bingo-caller, McQuirk turned to painting and drawing later in life. He has since gained recognition within the outsider art scene for his commercially successful and critically regarded creations.
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This drawer of drawings comes from an artist whose life dates aren’t recorded. All we see are late-20th-century sheets filled with loosely hatched lines and smudged edges—some labeled Untitled—and that’s enough to place…
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