Sunday, October 23, 2016

Francis Quirk's Art Documents the Pennsylvania Coal Mines

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Among the Quirk works on paper auctioned at the September 2016, Maine auction were a couple of well executed charcoal drawings of coal miner...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Francis Quirk’s Anatomical Drawings at the Rhode Island School of Design

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In addition to being adept at working in oil, pastel and watercolor; Francis Quirk had a skillful hand for pencil drawing.  Among the works...
Sunday, October 9, 2016

Francis Quirk Exhibits at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

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We had the opportunity to closely examine the painting below which was offered for sale at the September Maine auction of items from the Qu...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Francis Quirk Draws the War

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Francis Quirk lived through an exciting era in our history. Born in 1907, he saw World War I, the Great Depression and then World War II. We...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Francis Quirk and Maine's Lumber Industry

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In his time in Maine, Quirk painted many classic scenes including seacoasts, buildings, and people. But two watercolors capture the lumber i...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Quirk Participates in "Impossible Art" Exhibit in 1970 with Avinash Chandra, Lenore Laine, Sybil Wilson, and Anthony Tortona- Including Quirk's Paintings

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Francis Quirk did travel in some impressive circles.  In the February 13 1970 issue of Lafayette, the College's student paper an ar...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

The Working Methods of Francis Quirk

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Among the treasure trove of Francis Quirk paintings and drawings that went up for auction in Maine were several sketches for works and preli...