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  Irish Artists - The Work of Jim Fitzpatrick
A highly individualistic self taught artist, whose style owes much to his Celtic forebears, he has produced a body of work of remarkable richness and imagination, is widely regarded as one of Ireland's most exciting and original artists and has achieved worldwide recognition for his drawings and paintings of Celtic mythology and other related Themes.
Jim Fitzpatrick was born in Dublin and today lives and works there.
Fitzpatrick, a self taught artist and spent a period of time working in the US before returning to Dublin where he is now based.
www.shopirishwithmoytura.com /art/jimfitzpatrick.html   (546 words)

  
  Bum Town Essay--recent exhibition from Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick was born 40 years ago in Chicago's south side to parents born also in the same neighborhood.
Jim Fitzpatrick would fetch Tony from the nuns, promise them that he would never commit the offense again, and assign him the passenger seat for a punitive day of riding around with him as he made his rounds as a burial vault salesman calling on Chicago area funeral homes.
How blessed Jim Fitzpatrick is to have his own idiosyncratic story of the place he loved, and his own take on its people, told in this way.
www.tonyfitzpatrick.com /docs/guts/essay.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Jim Fitzpatrick (artist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Fitzpatrick is an Irish artist famous for Irish folk art.
Perhaps his most famous piece is his [iconic two-tone portrait of Che Guevara], created in 1968 and based on a photo by Alberto Korda.
For The Darkness Christmas single "Don't let the bells end" Jim partnered with his son Conánn.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Fitzpatrick_(artist)   (242 words)

  
 Mail Tribune Sports - Renowned artist adds his touch to tournament
Jim Fitzpatrick, a golf artist and former head professional at Ashland's Oak Knoll Golf Course, has graced the 70th Southern Oregon Golf Tournament with his latest work.
Fitzpatrick, 51, who was the pro at Oak Knoll from 1974 to '78 and an advertising salesman for KOBI television from 1978-'82, painted a rendering of the freshly redesigned seventh hole on the Outside Course at Rogue Valley Country Club.
Fitzpatrick has been commissioned by current and former PGA tour pros, such as Nick Faldo, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Billy Capser and Peter Jacobsen, to do paintings of some of their most historic and triumphant moments in golf.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/99/sept99/9499s6.htm   (601 words)

  
 Roseville Press-Tribune : Top Stories
Golf artist Jim Fitzpatrick in his Granite Bay art gallery Thursday recalling his painting, "16 at Pasatiempo," hanging behind him, which depicts golf legend Dr. Alistair Mackenzie and the 16th hole at the course in Santa Cruz.
Jim Fitzpatrick has never seen a golf course he didn't like, and he's played the majority of the foremost courses in the world.
Fitzpatrick has painted approximately 200 golf courses, including St Andrews in Scotland, which is recognized as a golfing Mecca, attracting thousands of visitors each year with its six courses.
thepresstribune.com /articles/2005/02/26/news/top_stories/06artist.txt   (827 words)

  
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Fitzpatrick would be closer to the truth if he stated he was the first in Ireland to make a poster of Che… but it still would have been from Korda’s photo.
Fitzpatrick offhandedly remarks on his website that his poster was “based on a photograph by a then unknown Cuban photographer” -but the time has long since past when Korda was unknown.
Fitzpatrick asks that viewers of his online art “remember to acknowledge my copyright at all times”…an entitlement he should extend to the internationally famous Alberto Korda.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9311269&postID=110962759702854599   (505 words)

  
 Capital University News - California State University, Sacramento   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Golf stories galore—from artist and alumnus Jim Fitzpatrick and former pro Ken Venturi—will be the topic for “An Evening with Golf Artist Jim Fitzpatrick” at California State University, Sacramento.
The artist will share his tales from the PGA Tour and will be joined by Venturi, former CBS Sports golf analyst and winner of the 1964 U.S. Open.
Fitzpatrick has authorized the sale of a limited-edition giclee printing of his painting “#16 at Cypress Point” for the occasion at $600 a piece.
www.csus.edu /news/101904JimFitzpatrick.stm   (273 words)

  
 Jim Fitzpatrick - Introduction
Jim Fitzpatrick is one of the most celebrated and internationally known Irish artists of his generation: his ornate, colourful and intensely decorative Celtic artwork is now so well-known and unique that it is instantly recognisable.
His earliest work, the legendary Che Guevara poster of 1968 published just before his death in Bolivia, became the iconic image of the anti-Vietnam war protests world-wide and today is the symbol of F.A.R.C. in Columbia and the Zapitistas of Mexico in their fight for freedom and autonomy.
Right now Jim Fitzpatrick is concentrating on new work: For the past ten-odd years he has been preparing a new series of works loosely titled 'Mostly Women'.
www.jimfitzpatrick.ie /intro.html   (820 words)

  
 Sunday Mirror: THIN LIZZY DESIGNER JIM DRAWS ON HIS FRIENDS FOR HIS LATEST WORK OF
Jim is so possessive of his work that he once turned down pounds 10,000 for a painting.
Jim's current artwork is a far cry from his first steps as a professional artist.
Jim was a great friend of Phil Lynott, the legendary Thin Lizzy frontman, but although many reports said they were pals from childhood, Jim laughed very loudly when this was brought up.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19990606/ai_n14488820   (1761 words)

  
 eircom net - 2005-2-23 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
She was glancing into a mirror, in a style reminiscent of Velasquez's 'The Rokeby Venus', except the original's winged cherub was replaced with an ugly green dragon.
The oil on canvas, signed by both Fitzpatrick and O'Connor, was given a guide price of between €15,000 and €20,000.
Jim Fitzpatrick's work includes album covers, such as Sinead's 'Faith and Courage'.
home.eircom.net /content/unison/national/5052808?view=Printer   (327 words)

  
 CIRCA Art Magazine - Art News - Sinéad under the hammer for 15k (Thursday 24 February 2005 #1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Fitzpatrick is very prolific and his mythical celtic graphic style is instantly recognizable.
Though many see Fitzpatrick as an "excellent modern illustrator," and though his work is supposedly very influential, his stylistic designs are certainly not a universal hit.
An anecdote recounted by the artist himself (on his official website) tells of how, at a party years ago, Fitzpatrick was informed of the extent of his influence on hopeful candidates for the National College of Art and Design by a former president of the College.
www.recirca.com /artnews/393.shtml   (893 words)

  
 ART FOR A CHANGE: February 2005
Oweis is also an artist, and is responsible for having designed the main entrance of the Arab American National Museum now under construction in Dearborn, Michigan, as well as helping to design the Arab Cultural Mural in downtown San Francisco.
The artists were free to draw and paint all subjects -from the dead and dying to bombed homes and prisoners of war.
It is peculiarly within the province of the artist to minister to man in the somewhat starved area of the spirit.
www.art-for-a-change.com /blog/archive/2005_02_01_archive.html   (7831 words)

  
 ::: u.tv :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The painting`s creator is the well-known Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, who was responsible for the iconic monochrome picture of the revolutionary Che Guevara.
Fitzpatrick is a friend of the controversial music star, who recently announced her comeback, and first painted her for the cover of her album Faith and Courage in 2000.
Your article states: "The painting is by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, the creator of the iconic monochrome picture of revolutionary Che Guevara." That is incorrect.
u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=e&id=7989   (314 words)

  
 Verna Fitzpatrick, 82, painter | ajc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Fitzpatrick hung its ongoing art exhibits at the Spruill Center for the Arts at the Dunwoody library branch.
Fitzpatrick's own paintings were beautiful, and she was an astute critic, said Mrs.
Fitzpatrick's work had been exhibited at local galleries, and earlier she taught painting to children at the High Museum of Art, said her husband.
www.ajc.com /metro/content/metro/obits/0304a/02fitzpatrick.html   (317 words)

  
 NYFA Interactive - New York Foundation for the Arts
NYFA Current asked artist Aleksandra Mir to contribute an article based on her project for the upcoming group show Communism at Project Arts Centre in Dublin.
What follows is an excerpted transcript of a phone conversation Mir had with Jim Fitzpatrick, the creator of the original—and now iconic—Che Guevara poster image.
She spoke from New York over the phone to the Dublin-based Fitzpatrick on January 3 about his iconic image and how such images are constantly in a state of flux.
www.nyfa.org /level3.asp?id=308&fid=6&sid=17   (1377 words)

  
 Jim Fitzpatrick - Introduction
I have always wanted to draw her and this time I got the chance to do it when Sinead asked me to do the cover of her new album.
Fitzpatricks' most recent and ongoing project is a book entitled 'Mostly Women', a collection of his very personal works relating to his environment and his closest friends
Thomas Fitzpatrick, my paternal grandfather, was the artist, writer and publisher of an early Dublin satirical journal called 'The Lepracaun' which flourished at the turn of the century and up until his death in 1912.
www.jimfitzpatrick.ie   (369 words)

  
 Jim Fitzpatrick, The Silver Arm
The knotwork bordering every page is more intricate, like something the ancient Celts themselves would have worked in gold to decorate their greatest treasures.
Fitzpatrick has honed even further his storyteller's craft, and the tale itself is a pleasure to read.
Visit Jim Fitzpatrick's website to see more of his artwork.
www.rambles.net /jf_silver_arm.html   (310 words)

  
 Fitzpatrick
The mythological subjects decorated with Celtic borders were a fascination not only for their quality and content, but also because Jim Fitzpatrick was a living artist.
Jeff wrote to Jim Fitzpatrick in Dublin and sent him a drawing.
Jim Fitzpatrick responded positively and Jeff cycled from Belfast to Dublin to meet him.
www.celtarts.com /art.htm   (1474 words)

  
 Ireland Art & Culture : Index Ireland
Jim Fitzpatrick - Jim Fitzpatrick is one of the most celebrated and internationally known Irish artists of his generation: his ornate, colourful and intensely decorative Celtic artwork is now so well-known and unique that it is instantly recognisable.
Joe McGill - Mcgill is an artist who makes exquisite, delicate, three-dimensional reliefs on a tiny scale, using actual objects to infuse his sophisticated metaphors with fresh, even startling, visual relevance.
John Nolan - John Nolan, is a contemporary Irish artist who has begun to taste the recognition he deserves.
www.indexireland.com /entertainment_and_media/art_and_culture/more8.htm   (281 words)

  
 Hospice Mask Project 2002 Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jim was introduced to golf by his father, and began a life-long fascination with the game.
But for all his work, the magic and success of a professional golfer did not appear to be in his future.
They return to their home and studio in the Sierra foothills, where Jim works from a collection of over 10,000 photographs to create his paintings.
www.maskproject.com /detail.cfm?MID=255&year=2002   (275 words)

  
 Jim Fitzpatrick - Biography - Part 2 - Page 1
He was also a master illuminator and with his gifted daughter, artist Mary Fitzpatrick O'Brien, he produced many illuminated and richly decorated scrolls and paintings, many reflecting the influence of the early Celtic Revival.
I was startled to discover so many similarities to my own art: I had never seen any of either Thomas or Mary Fitzpatricks illuminations and here I was looking at two compositions that eerily echoed my own heavily decorated Celtic art.
An friend of mine in the U.S., Morgan O'Brien, gave me the photograph of this scroll by Mary Fitzpatrick, painted in 1921, which was languishing in an outhouse in his family farm.
www.jimfitzpatrick.ie /thomas.html   (426 words)

  
 Culture Ireland - Jim Fitzpatrick
I am Jim Fitzpatrick, an artist and writer, working and living in Dublin, Ireland.
Right now I am a full-time professional artist and over the past ten years, I have produced more work than at any other time in my life, works that I consider to be among my finest.
Their use in any form without prior written permission from the artist JIM FITZPATRICK is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN and ILLEGAL.
www.cultureireland.com /artists/jimfp/jiminfo.html   (515 words)

  
 "#18 At Silverado" Golf Print From The Fitzpatrick Collection Presented By Sierra Sun Editions(Limited Edition - 200)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jim continued to draw for enjoyment, but his major focus turned to golf.
Again, Jim began drawing the thing he so dearly loved and couldn't have...golf.
Those deep feelings for the game are evident in Jim's self taught style of soft natural color, incorporating meticulous detail.
www.onlinesports.com /pages/I,SSE-54349.html   (218 words)

  
 Not everything is always Black or White
God knows, I don't know what happened to it all, it wasn't just me, lots of other artists were also working on their own images of Che Guevara.
At that stage I was an artist looking for work and I handed it out.
He has done my image, in other words, my version of that image, fl on red, on canvas, it's in the Saatchi collection and its worth a couple of hundred grand, which I think is quite funny as well.
www.aleksandramir.info /texts/fitzpatrick.html   (5767 words)

  
 Che's Image Takes a Twist (News) Doug Grow
Atlanta-based Fashion Victim is threatening to sue Cramer on the grounds that it bought the North American rights to the image in 2002.
The image has a long history of free distribution and modification from Korda in 1960, to posters in Italy in 1968, to Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, the man who modified Korda's photo and turned it into the two-toned print so familiar to us all today.
It is apparently Fitzpatrick's 1968 modification of the Korda photo that Andy Warhol used in his treatment of Che Guevara.
www.utne.com /webwatch/2004_164/news/11375-1.html   (425 words)

  
 Vincent Salafia on the Presidential Campaign Trail: Day 3 - Indymedia Ireland
Artist Jim Fitzpatrick and Others Join Vincent Salafia @ Dáil Thurs 23 Sept To Protest Election Crisis...
His earliest work, the legendary Che Guevara poster of 1968 published just before his death in Bolivia, became the iconic image of the anti-Vietnam war protests worldwide and today is the symbol of F.A.R.C. in Columbia and the Zapitistas of Mexico in their fight for freedom and autonomy.
Because the various posters of Che I produced were based on a photograph by a then unknown Cuban photographer plus the fact that I had met him (see Biography section), idolised him and of course wanted to make sure he was never forgotten I made all the Guevara images copyright free.
www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=66738&print_page=true   (2991 words)

  
 Artist Jim Fitzpatrick Joins Vincent Salafia @ Dáil Today To Protest Election Crisis - Indymedia Ireland
Artist Jim Fitzpatrick's famous portrait of Che Guevara
Artist Jim Fitzpatrick, famous for his portrait of Che Guevara, will
Fitzpatrick has put his full support behind Mr.
www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=66723   (487 words)

  
 Fitzpatrick - The Offical Site of Fine Artist Tony Fitzpatrick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Fitzpatrick served as a very capable backup to record-setting QB Neil Rose during Fitzpatrick took over the starting job in 2003 and was having a banner
Jim Fitzpatrick Logo Thomas Fitzpatrick Thomas Fitzpatrick, my paternal grandfather, was the artist, writer and publisher of an early Dublin satirical
Official site--selected works from fine artist Tony Fitzpatrick--known for his emotive drawings and etchings.
dnsbe.com /dbe/fitzpatrick.html   (165 words)

  
 ART FOR A CHANGE: Che: An Irish Tall Tale
The Press Association, “the UK leader in news and sports information", distributed a news release on Feb. 22nd that was picked up by a number of news websites.
I'm striving for an international focus on how artists can transform the world.
Topics on art and culture, with an emphasis on socially conscious works, will be posted here.
www.art-for-a-change.com /blog/2005/02/che-irish-tall-tale.html   (555 words)

  
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I seem to be able to cross that bridge quite easily and come and go as I please in both directions.
L.C: You are known in the U.S. particularly for being the premier Celtic artist.
I am essentially a linear artist, I am essentially a Celtic artist for want of a better word, and it suits me fine.
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