Iris
1913 · Oil paint on canvas
support: 610 x 502 mm
Tate
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Roderic O'Conor
Artist
WA-00028732
DrawingImpressionismPost-ImpressionismContemporary
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
9
Works in Collection
31
Assets Indexed
0
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Gaugin and his Circle in Brittany: The Prints of the Pont-Aven School
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
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Recent European Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1956–1957
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Roderic O'Conor was an Irish painter whose Post-Impressionist landscapes and figure studies deploy vivid colour and expressive brushwork across oils executed in Brittany and southern France. His work combines structured spatial depth with a decorative surface energy characteristic of Symbolist painting, responding directly to developments in French modernism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. O'Conor sustained a chromatic intensity throughout his career that distinguishes his practice within the broader Post-Impressionist movement.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Impressionism
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Drawing
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Artworks (9)
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Artwork sources (4)
9 published of 28 catalogued · 23 with image
- Tate4 published4 img
- MoMA3 publishedof 6 catalogued2 img
- Art Institute Chicago2 published1 img
- + 1 more source · 16 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)
9 entries · 2 sources
- 1892 · MoMA · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1913 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1892 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1892 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1894 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
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8Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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