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Breon O'Casey (30 April 1928 – 22 May 2011) was the son of actress Eileen, née Reynolds, and playwright Seán O'Casey.

Breon O'Casey
Born	(1928-04-30)30 April 1928 London, England, United Kingdom
Died	22 May 2011(2011-05-22) (aged 83)
Occupation	Artist and craftsman
Spouse(s)	Doreen Corscadden (1961–?)
Children	1 son and 2 daughters
Parent(s)	Eileen O'Casey Seán O'Casey

Biography

He was London-born and later lived and worked in Cornwall, initially in the artists' colony of St Ives.[1]

Breon was educated at Dartington Hall School in Devon, and following his national service duty, O'Casey attended the Anglo-French Art School, a small school in St John's Wood, London, based on the French model. He was an apprentice to Denis Mitchell and Dame Barbara Hepworth, which informed his own later career. In St Ives too, he began making jewelry as a side line, although his main occupation was always painting. He continued making jewelry until he was 70 years old.[2]

See also

• St Ives, Cornwall
• List of St. Ives artists

References

Further reading

• A Celtic Artist: Breon O'Casey, Jack O'Sullivan with Sophie Bowness, Lund Humphries (2003).
• Obituary of Breon O’Casey, The Daily Telegraph, 1 June 2011

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