The Virgin of Éire (c.1943) – Mainie Jellett Canvas Print

Painted in the early 1940s, The Virgin of Éire shows the Madonna and Child flanked by Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid, rendered in Jellett's late religious manner where Cubist-derived structure meets warm, symbolic colour. It was shown at the inaugural Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1943, whose committee Jellett chaired.

Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) was a pioneer of Irish modernism. After studying in London and then in Paris under André Lhote and Albert Gleizes, she introduced Cubism and pure abstraction to Ireland, exhibited some of the first abstract paintings seen in the country, and helped found the Irish Exhibition of Living Art.

About the original

• Artist: Mainie Jellett (Irish, 1897–1944)
• Title: The Virgin of Éire
• Date: 1940s
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 64 × 92 cm
• Collection: National Gallery of Ireland — bequeathed, 1978 (NGI.4319)

About this work

The Virgin of Éire was painted by the Irish artist Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) in the 1940s. It shows the Madonna and Child flanked by Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid, the figures built from rotated cubist planes — which is why it is often described as the Irish cubist Madonna. It was selected for the first Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1943, whose committee Jellett chaired. The original is oil on canvas, 64 × 92 cm, and hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI.4319), bequeathed in 1978. This canvas print is an open edition, made to order and shipped worldwide.

Sizes & Format

• 60x90 cm / 24x36″

Canvas Details

Printed on artist-grade canvas and stretched on a slim wooden frame - arrives ready to hang.

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