Eoin O'Brien

The first publication to document in full the remarkable and fascinating career of Nevill Johnson, one of the leading painters working in Ireland in the mid-twentieth century. Comprehensively illustrated, the range and richness of Johnson’s achievement is revealed in paintings that cover six decades. From his early friendship with John Luke, through the years when he exhibited with Victor Waddington alongside Middleton, le Brocquy and Dillon, to his later years when he returned to London but continued to exhibit with Tom Caldwell, this book draws on previously unpublished research, as well as on personal memories, to produce a unique portrait of a figure whose stature is only beginning to be recognised.… (mais)