Friday, December 23, 2016

Twenty Five Year Old Francis Quirk Honored With Tiffany Foundation Fellowship in 1932

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The biographies of Francis Quirk list him as having had a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship, but we wondered ‘what did this mean exactly?’ As w...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Portrait of Woman in Turquoise by Francis J. Quirk Emerges in Chula Vista California

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There has been a striking amount of activity around the work of Francis Quirk in the last few months. We do not know the reason for it, but...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Francis Quirk Maritime Oil Painting and Seaside Family to be Auctioned January 1

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Two Quirk paintings will find lucky new owners on January 1, at Robert L. Fosters Auction House in Newcastle Maine. In scrolling through t...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Three Quirk Watercolors Coming up For Auction

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Through our friend Richard, we have become aware of three Francis Quirk watercolors coming up for auction. Two are signed and dated 1965. A...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Quirk Paintings of the Newspaper Business

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Among the many types and styles of work, we were intrigued by some Newspaper related works by Francis Quirk. The first two watercolors appe...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Two Great Quirk Paintings

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We recently cleaned and framed two paintings by Francis Quirk. They turned out very nicely. The first might be a painting of his daughter Ad...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Francis Quirk and the Deco Style

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While there is no question that Quirk was a great talent with a brush and that he painted beautifully, he is less recognized for his versati...