An Post have issued a stunning collectible piece of miniature artwork to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Patrick Scott HRHA.
Designed by Oonagh Young, the piece is made up of two €3 stamps depicting Patrick Scott’s Meditation 28 and also features the Gold Painting 21, which is presented as a piece of artwork with tissue paper.
Scott is recognised as one of the first advocates of pure abstraction in Irish art and a major contributor of modernist design in Ireland.
The collectible piece is wrapped in a premium grey card folder and sealed with an attractive gold seal. This limited edition miniature artwork will retail at €7 from An Post HERE and the GPO Dublin.
Patrick Scott HRHA was an Irish artist renowned for his geometric gold leaf paintings. Born in Kilbrittain, Co Cork in 1921, Scott trained as an architect and painted in his spare time. In the 1940s he painted décor for the Gate Theatre in Dublin and also painted tapestries and carpets. In 1960 he became a full time artist and that same year was a winner of a National Prize at the Guggenheim International Award.
Scott’s work has been exhibited around the world. His work features in many public and private collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin; Ulster Museum, Belfast and the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.
Scott represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1960 and was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in 1980. He was elected a Saoi of Aosdána in 2007. Scott passed away at the age of 93 in Ballsbridge, Dublin on 14 February 2014. He donated his body to science.
For further information, please contact Angus Laverty at Tel: 087 6867024 / angus.laverty@anpost.ie
