Louis Le Brocquy - Farewell to a great artist

Artists, writers, and people of culture have long been afforded a special place in the hearts and minds of the Irish people.

That is certainly true of artist Louis Le Brocquy, who has died at the venerable age of 95.

Self taught, his work, including the Táin and a unique collection of the heads of literary figures, is widely collected and recognised internationally. His wife, Anne Madden, is an outstanding artist in her own right. Aptly, Le Brocquy’s dramatic painting A Family has been chosen as one of Ireland’s favourites.