Archangel and the Crown of Thorns

Archangel and the Crown of Thorns

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198556

David O’Connell trained as a commercial artist. He served in the trenches during World War I and thereafter specialised in religious painting. A devote Catholic, he was appointed Artistic Advisor to St Richard’s Roman Catholic church in Chichester, West Sussex. For the church he designed and painted a series of the Stations of the Cross and the altarpiece of Archangels in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. The present work is a study for one of the figures of the Archangels.

Dimensions:

Height 138.43 cm / 54 "
Width 41.91 cm / 16 "
Framed height 167.64 cm / 66 "
Framed width 71.12 cm / 28 "

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