Wall hanging
(c. 1954)
Medium
screenprinted cotton
Measurements
245.0 × 185.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
© Michael O'Connell/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Michael O’Connell first worked as a photographer and painter before finding greater success as a textile designer and manufacturer. He worked in Australia between 1920 and 1937 producing block-printed fabrics for interiors alongside his wife Ella, an embroiderer and printmaker. In 1937 the couple opened a fabric company but shortly after returned to England. By 1940, O’Connell’s repertoire expanded to include batik, resit-dying and screenprinting techniques and he was producing screenprinted designs for firms such as Edinburgh Weavers, Harrods, and Heal and Sons.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Accession Number
2021.105
Department
International Fashion and Textiles