About

Essentially a realist painter, McDonnell is one of the finest figurative Irish artists of his generation. Best known for his observations of daily life he captures the mundane and ordinary with an extraordinary quality.

  • Born, Belfast 1947
  • Educated Eton and Oxford
  • Studied painting in Munich and Vienna, 1965-6
  • Winner of Darmstädter Kunstpreis 1979
  • Retrospective Exhibition, Matildenhöhe Darmstadt, 1981
  • Retrospective Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 2003-4

Lives and works in Northern Ireland and New York

About

Essentially a realist painter, McDonnell is one of the finest figurative Irish artists of his generation. Best known for his observations of daily life he captures the mundane and ordinary with an extraordinary quality.

  • Born, Belfast 1947
  • Educated Eton and Oxford
  • Studied painting in Munich and Vienna, 1965-6
  • Winner of Darmstädter Kunstpreis 1979
  • Retrospective Exhibition, Matildenhöhe Darmstadt, 1981
  • Retrospective Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 2003-4

Lives and works in Northern Ireland and New York