EPISODE · Feb 15, 2026 · 31 MIN
Painter, Sean Scully: "I wet the bed until I was 20"
from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1
Born into poverty in Dublin, Sean Scully is now a widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living visual artists, whose paintings regularly sell for over a million euro. He tells Brendan about his childhood experience of travellers, his parents' intensive arguments, and the origins of his creativity.
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Born into poverty in Dublin, Sean Scully is now a widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living visual artists, whose paintings regularly sell for over a million euro. He tells Brendan about his childhood experience of travellers, his parents' intensive arguments, and the origins of his creativity.
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Painter, Sean Scully: "I wet the bed until I was 20"
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