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Irish Artist Mark McFadden

Today, his works can be found in some prominent private collections, including the collection of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco who purchased a portrait of James Joyce, two pieces by the Levett family trust and three pieces by Julian Lennon. Speaking to the Donegal News from his home on the Cote d’Azur this week,… Read more »

Mark features in a new RTÉ series

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Mark features in new RTE series

Prince Albert of Monaco has opened up his palace to show Irish people a James Joyce painting that he bought from the Donegal artist Mark McFadden. McFadden, a self-taught artist who spent years working as a barman in the south of France before taking up his paintbrush, features in a new RTÉ series on the… Read more »

“Oscar Wilde has inspired me”

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Oscar Wilde portrait by-irish-artist-mark-mcfadden

Mark’s portrait of Oscar Wilde is an interpretation of the photograph by Napoleon Sarony that has come to be the image through which Wilde is universally recognised. The portrait, with the hints of degeneration that serve as reminders that Wilde was the inventor of the most celebrated of all portraits in fiction, is more a… Read more »