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Roderic O'Conor: the Irishman who said no to Ga...
Gauguin expected him to sail for the South Seas. He stayed in Brittany, painted in stripes of raw colour a decade before the Fauves, and died almost unknown.
Roderic O'Conor: the Irishman who said no to Ga...
Gauguin expected him to sail for the South Seas. He stayed in Brittany, painted in stripes of raw colour a decade before the Fauves, and died almost unknown.
Mildred Anne Butler: the garden at Kilmurry
She painted one Kilkenny garden for fifty years, was bought for the nation in 1896, and was nearly forgotten until four hundred works came out of her studio in 1981.
Mildred Anne Butler: the garden at Kilmurry
She painted one Kilkenny garden for fifty years, was bought for the nation in 1896, and was nearly forgotten until four hundred works came out of her studio in 1981.
Sarah Purser: the woman who built Irish art's i...
A failed flour mill turned her professional. She then founded the stained-glass studio, the Friends of the National Collections, and secured the Hugh Lane a building.
Sarah Purser: the woman who built Irish art's i...
A failed flour mill turned her professional. She then founded the stained-glass studio, the Friends of the National Collections, and secured the Hugh Lane a building.
Frederic William Burton: the man who stopped pa...
He painted Ireland's favourite painting, then took charge of the National Gallery in London and never picked up a brush again.
Frederic William Burton: the man who stopped pa...
He painted Ireland's favourite painting, then took charge of the National Gallery in London and never picked up a brush again.
Walter Osborne: the painter who said no
Offered a knighthood in 1900, he turned it down. Three years later he was dead at 43, having painted the best record we have of ordinary Dublin.
Walter Osborne: the painter who said no
Offered a knighthood in 1900, he turned it down. Three years later he was dead at 43, having painted the best record we have of ordinary Dublin.