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Ged Quinn — The Ghost of a Mountain
Ged Quinn

The Ghost of a Mountain

Ged Quinn's *The Ghost of a Mountain* is a meticulously rendered oil on linen painting that evokes a haunting, dreamlike landscape steeped in art historical references and symbolic ambiguity. Quinn's masterful technique draws on the traditions of Old Master painting, layering luminous, atmospheric light over a scene that feels simultaneously familiar and deeply unsettling. The work meditates on themes of memory, transience, and the sublime, conjuring a world where nature and allegory intertwine in enigmatic, melancholic dialogue.

Medium
oil on linen

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Art Evening Sale

October 16, 2013

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Ged Quinn, The Ghost of a Mountain

Ged Quinn's *The Ghost of a Mountain* is a meticulously rendered oil on linen painting that evokes a haunting, dreamlike landscape steeped in art historical references and symbolic ambiguity. Quinn's masterful technique draws on the traditions of Old Master painting, layering luminous, atmospheric light over a scene that feels simultaneously familiar and deeply unsettling. The work meditates on themes of memory, transience, and the sublime, conjuring a world where nature and allegory intertwine in enigmatic, melancholic dialogue.

Medium
oil on linen
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Atmospheric, Ethereal, Landscape, Representational, Oil On Linen, Nature, Moody, British, Contemporary, Mountain

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