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Tony O'Malley | |
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Born | Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland | 25 September 1913
Died | 20 January 2003 | (aged 89)
Nationality | Irish |
Education | Self taught |
Known for | Painting |
Awards |
Tony O'Malley (25 September 1913 – 20 January 2003) was an Irish artist known for painting. He was born in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. O'Malley was a self-taught artist, having drawn and painted for pleasure from childhood. He worked as a bank officìal until contracting tuberculosis in the 1940s. He began painting in earnest while convalescing and, though he did at first return to bank work, he continued to paint and in 1951 he began exhibiting his work.