The ICCL is delighted to announce that Louis le Brocquy, the pre-eminent Irish artist, has generously donated a work to the ICCL for sale, all proceeds of which will be donated in support of our work.

Louis le Brocquy
Riverrun. Procession with Lilies I, 1991
Lithograph on handmade Japan paper, 57 x 77 cm
Edition number 44/75
Atelier Chave, Vence © the artist

Louis le Brocquy

Born in Dublin in 1916, the self-taught artist’s career spans seventy years of creative practice. Widely acclaimed for his evocative heads of literary figures and fellow artists, including W.B. Yeats, James Joyce and his friends Samuel Beckett, Francis Bacon, Seamus Heaney and Bono, in recent years le Brocquy's early Tinker and Family works have attracted headline attention in the international art arena, marking him as the fourth painter in Ireland and Britain to be evaluated within a very select group of artists, alongside Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Francis Bacon.

Acknowledged by museum retrospective exhibitions worldwide, including in France, the USA and Japan, the artist's work is represented in numerous public collections, from the Guggenheim, New York to the Tate, London. In Ireland, he is honoured as the first and only living painter to be included in the Permanent Irish Collection of the National Gallery.  The artist lives in Dublin with his wife, the painter Anne Madden.

The artist has been a supporter of social and humanitarian causes for many years, undoubtedly inspired by his mother, Sybil. An indefatigable advocate of human rights, she was a co-founder of Amnesty International Irish Section and supporter of the movement for civil liberties in Ireland. Throughout his career, the artist has generously supported human rights, contributing both his time and talent. We are tremendously grateful to Louis le Brocquy for this kind contribution, which will help us to continue our work of protecting and promoting human rights.

If you would like further information about the Louis le Brocquy piece, please contact Karen Ciesielski, the ICCL Fundraising Officer, by phoning 01 799 4504 or by email: karen.ciesielski@iccl.ie.

Portrait of the artist © Perry Ogden