John O'Keeffe (Irish painter)
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John O'Keeffe ("c."1797 – 1838) was an Irish portrait and figure painter.
Born in Fermoy, Co. Cork of humble parentage, O'Keeffe began painting at an early age and was apprenticed to a coach painter. He began painting scenes for local theatres, working his way up to religious pictures for local Roman Catholic churches. In 1831 he sent a "Portrait of a Lady" and "Crucifixion" to the Royal Hibernian Academy. He left Cork in 1834 for Dublin and continued to exhibit portrait and subject paintings. A painting from this period, "A Sibyl", 1835, now stands in the Museum of Cork (1913). He exhibited a painting of the British army Field Marshal Edward Blakeney at the RHA in 1837. Just as his career was on the rise he died while on a visit to Limerick in April, 1838. [Strickland, Henry G. A Dictionary of Irish Artists. Maunsel & Company, Limited, Dublin and London. 1913. Pg. 192-93. Retrieved Mar. 25, 2008.]
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