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Michael O'Connell | |
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| Born | 7 August 1898 |
| Died | 9 December 1976 (aged 78) |
| Education | Ushaw College as lay boy |
| Known for | Textile artist |
| Notable work | Pandemonium, Modernist frieze, 1930 Variety of British Farming, very large hanging for the 1951 Festival of Britain |
| Spouse(s) | Ella (m. 1931, 1900-1981) née Eleanor Emmie Evans-Vaughan |
| Children | Terence (known as Seamus) |
| Website | https://michaeloconnell.org.uk |
Michael O'Connell (7 August 1898 – 9 December 1976) was an English Modernist artist who worked in Australia between World War I and World War II and then in England. He was a textile artist, with works held in the UK in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading, and the collection of National Museums Scotland, and in Australia in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra and in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.