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Encyclopedia > List of Irish artists

This is a list of visual artists born or working mainly in Ireland along with a list of critics, collectors and curators who have had an influence on Irish visual arts.
Many times, the term art is used to refer to the visual arts. ...

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A - C

Henry Allen may refer to: Henry Red Allen (circa 1906-1967), jazz trumpeter Henry Allen (journalist), Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winner Henry Allen (theologian) (1748-1784), Christian hymnwriter Henry Allen (Mayor of Gloucester), Mayor of Gloucester, England in 1873 Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950), Governor of Kansas Henry Watkins Allen... Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish figurative painter. ... Robert Ballagh (born 1943) is an Irish artist. ... Christopher Banahan (b. ... View of Windermere Lake, Early Morning, 1781 - Canvas, accession no. ... James Barry (1741-1806), Irish-English painter, best remembered for his six part series of paintings entitled The Progress of Human Culture. ... William Gerard Barry (b. ... John Behans The Mariner which is on Dublins North Wall Quay John Behan (born 1938) is an Irish sculptor from Dublin. ... Pauline Bewick is an Irish artist born in Northumberland, England in 1935 and spent some of her peripatetic childhood on a farm in Co. ... Basil Blackshaw (Born in Glengormley, Co. ... Charles Brady (Born New York 1926, died 1997) was a painter who trained in New York and spent most of his life in Ireland. ... Vincent Browne, (born 1947 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish sculptor who created a well-loved Dublin landmark: , the squat bronze usher who stands outside the College Screen cinema. ... Colleen Browning is an American realist painter who was born in Cregg, County Cork, Ireland in 1929. ... Brian Bourke was born in Dublin 1936 and studied at the national College of Art and Design and St. ... Augustus Nicholas Burke Born July 28, 1838 _ Died 1891) was an artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) He was the sixth son of William Burke of Knocknagur. ... A Harry Clarke window Over £1 million was spent in 1922 commissioning a set of Harry Clarke window in the Presentation Sisters convent on Green Street, Dingle. ... James Coleman born in Ballaghadereen, Co. ... Fred Conlon (1943–2005) was an Irish sculptor. ... Barrie Cooke (born 1931) is an Irish abstract expressionist painter. ... Amanda Coogan is an Irish artist born in Dublin in 1971, living and working in Dublin and Berlin. ... Dorothy Cross (born 1956) is an artist. ... William Crozier was born in Scotland in 1930 of Irish parents and studied at the Glasgow School of Art before spending time in Paris. ...

D - G

Francis Danby (16th November 1793 - 9th February 1861) was a painter born in the south of Ireland. ... Edward Delaney is an Irish sculptor born in Claremorris in County Mayo in 1930. ... Gerard Dillon (born 1916; died 14 June 1971) was an Irish artist. ... James Dixon (August 5, 1814 - March 27, 1873) was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut. ... Willie Doherty (born 1959) is an Irish artist. ... Susanna Drury, later Susanna Warter[1] (c. ... Felim Egan (born Co Donegal 1952) is an Irish painter. ... Alfred Elmore (1815-1881) was a Victorian history and genre painter. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Jim Fitzpatricks version of Che Jim Fitzpatrick is an Irish artist famous for Irish folk art. ... David Franklin (born 1979) is an Irish artist living and working in Dublin, Ireland. ... William Percy French (May 1, 1854–January 24, 1920) was one of Irelands foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day. ... John Henry Foley (born May 24, 1818 in Dublin; died August 27, 1874 in Hampstead) was an Irish sculptor. ... Stanhope Alexander Forbes R.A., (18 November 1857, Dublin - March 2, 1947 Newlyn, Cornwall), was an artist and member of the then influential Newlyn school of painters. ... Norman Garstin (August 28, 1847 - June 22, 1926) was an Irish artist associated with the Newlyn School of painters. ... Bibendum chair by Eileen Gray E1027 table by Eileen Gray Early photograph of Eileen Grays E-1027 table and Block screen. ...

H - J

Hugh Douglas Hamilton (c. ... James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (born 4 July 1934) is a Northern Irish peer and politician, and currently Lord Steward of the Household. ... Alice Hanratty is an Irish artist. ... William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) was an Irish-American painter who helped pioneer a trompe loeil (literally, fool the eye) style of realistic painting. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The penny coin designed by Gabriel Hayes Gabriel Hayes was an Irish artist born in 1909 in Monasterevin, County Kildare. ... Gottfried Helnwein, Beautiful Victim, watercolor, 1974 Gottfried Helnwein (born October 8, 1948 in Vienna) is an Austrian-Irish fine artist, photographer, installation and performance artist. ... William John Hennessy ( July 11, 1839 - 1917) was an Irish artist. ... Paul Henry (Born in Belfast 1876, died 1958) was an Irish artist who painted the west of Ireland landscape with a spare post-impressionist style. ... Mary Balfour Herbert was born Mary Balfour in 1817, the daughter of James Balfour and Lady Eleanor Maitland. ... Christopher Hewetson (1739 - 1799), the sculptor, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland. ... Arthur Derek Hill (1916–30 July 2000) was an English portrait and landscape painter, born in Hampshire. ... Nathaniel Hill (b. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nuala Holloway is a model, actress, Miss Ireland, artist and academic. ... Evie Hone (Born Dublin 1894, died 1955) was an Irish painter and stain glass artist. ... Nathaniel Hone (24 April 1718-14 August 1784) was an Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. ... Thomas Hovenden (December 28, 1840 - August 14, 1895), American artist, was born in Dunmanway, Co. ... Charles Cromwell Ingham (1797-December 10, 1863) was an Irish portrait painter and later founder of the New York National Academy of Design during the 17th century. ... Patrick Ireland is an Irish conceptual and installation artist. ... Mary Harriet Jellett, known as Mainie Jellett, (born Dublin 1897, died Dublin 1944) was an Irish painter whose Decoration (1923) was among the first abstract painting shown in Ireland when it was exhibited at the Society of Dublin Painters Group Show in 1923. ... Porträt der Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , 1716 by Charles Jervis currently on display at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. ... Joys portrayal of Gordons death George William Joy (July 7, 1844 in Dublin, Ireland - October 28, 1925 in Purbrook) was an Irish illustrator. ... Rachel Joynt (Born 1966 in County Kerry) is an Irish sculptor who has created some prominant Irish public art. ...

K - N

This article is about the painter. ... Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856 - 1918) was an Irish illustrator. ... Seán Keating (Born John Keating, Limerick 1889, died Dublin 1977) was an Irish romantic-realist painter who painted some iconic images of the insurrectionary period and of the early industrialization of Ireland. ... Statue of James Larkin on OConnell Street (Oisín Kelly 1977) Oisín Kelly, born Austin Kelly, (1915 - 1981) was an Irish sculptor. ... John Kindness (Born Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1951) is an Irish multi-media artist whose work often contrasts material, image and reference in an unusual and humourous way. ... John Kingerlee (born 1936) is an Irish artist currently living on the Beara peninsula, in west Cork. ... Brian King, born in Kilkenny on 8 January 1987, is a footballer, currently playing with Eircom League side UCD. Categories: | | | | | | ... Cecil King (1921 - 1986) was an Irish abstract-minimalist painter. ... Mrs Lavery sketching, 1910, National Gallery of Australia. ... William John Leech (1881-1968) was an Irish illustrator. ... Louis le Brocquy (born November 10, 1916) is an Irish painter. ... Patrick MacDowell was an Irish sculptor. ... A detail of the engraving of Maclises 1842 painting The Play-scene in Hamlet, portraying the moment when the guilt of Claudius is revealed. ... Anne Madden, painter, was born in London, in 1932 to an Irish father and an Anglo-Chilean mother. ... Irish Artist, Sheila McClean Sheila McClean, member of the ARUA, is a notable Irish painter, whose impressionist style painting has led to her be described as a painters painter. Originally from Moville and now living in Derry, she paints the land and sea around her. ... Norah McGuinness (Born Derry 1903, died 1980) was an Irish painter and illustrator. ... Justin McKeown (born 1979) is an artist from Northern Ireland. ... Alice Maher (born at Kilmoyler near Cahir, County Tipperary, 1956) is an Irish painter and sculptor. ... Also know as PH Marrinan or Patrick H Marrinan, he was born on 10th December 1906 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Colin Middleton (1910 in Belfast - 1983 in Dublin) was an Irish artist and surrealist. ... John Minihan was born in Dublin in 1946 and raised in Athy, County Kildare. ... Military Maneuvers, Oil on canvas, 148 x 240 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Richard Thoman Moynan (1856-1906) was an Irish illustrator. ... Michael Mulcahy (born 1952 in County Cork) is an Irish expressionist painter who lives and works in Paris, but returns frequently to Ireland. ... Choosing the Wedding Gown illustrating ch 1 of Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith William Mulready (April 1, 1786 - July 7, 1863) was an Irish genre painter living in London. ... Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831 - 1903) was an Irish painter of genre and historical subjects. ...

O - S

The Fine Art Academy, Antwerp. ... Roderic OConor (1860-1940) Born in Roscommon Ireland, O’Conor studied at Ampleforth College and Dublin and Antwerp before moving to Paris where he was deeply influenced by the Impressionists. ... Aloysius OKelly (July 3, 1853 in Dublin - c. ... Tony OMalley (1913-2003) was a self-taught Irish painter. ... Liam Ó Maonlaí Image by Monica Dart Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) is a member of the Hothouse Flowers, a band which he formed in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachra Ó Braonáin. ... Frank OMeara (1853 - 1888) was an Irish artist. ... Self Portrait, circa 1910, Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... Daniel ONeill (1920-March 9, 1974) was a Romantic painter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... On Suffolk Sands, 1887 - Oil on canvas 10 x 12 - The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Shades of Light, June 2005 - Ref. ... Sarah Purser (March 22, 1848 - August 7, 1943) was an Irish artist. ... Stephen Pusey (1952-Present) is an artist. ... Patrick Pye, sculptor, painter and stained glass artist, was born in Winchester, England in 1929. ... Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979) was an artist born in London. ... Nano Reid (Drogheda, 1905 - 1981) was an Irish painter. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Markey Robinson (born Belfast 1918, died Belfast 1999) was a prolific Irish painter with a distinctive naïve expressionist style. ... Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1905 Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 - Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish born American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Patrick Scott (born 1921 in Kilbrittain Co. ... Sean Scully (born 1945) is an Irish-born American painter and has twice been a Turner Prize nominee. ... Sir Martin Archer Shee (December 23, 1770 - August 13, 1850) was an Irish portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy. ... James Sleator, artist, was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1889. ... Route III (Lurgan), silver gelatin print, toners and gouache, Victor Sloan Victor Sloan (born Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 1945) is an Irish photographer and artist. ... Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer best known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. ... George H Smyth is an Irish artist born in Ardglass, Co Down in 1968. ... Camille Souter, painter, though born in England in 1929 was raised in Ireland. ... Imogen Stuart (1927 -) is a sculptor. ...

T - Z

La retour du bracconier (The Wounded Poacher), 1881 - Oil on canvas - reappeared in the 1984 Irish Impressionists exhibition and was purchased by the National Gallery of Ireland Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859-1929) was a realist and portrait painter born and trained in County Cork, Ireland. ... A picture of Wallace by Thomas Eakins John Laurie Wallace (b. ... Owen Walsh (1933 - 2002) was born in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. ... Testa, Samuel Walsh, 2006 Samuel Walsh was born in London, ENGLAND to Irish parents. ... Michael Warren (born 1950 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish sculptor who produces site-specific public art. ... William Gorman Wills (1828 - 1891), dramatist, son of above, born in Dublin. ... Anne Yeats (Born Dublin 1919, died 2001) was an Irish painter and stage designer. ... Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) was an Irish artist who wrote and illustrated for books and magazines. ... John Butler Yeats (Born Tullylish 16 March 1839, died 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. ...

List of Irish botanical illustrators

  • William Ashford (Born England c1746-1824)
  • Lady Mabel Annesley (1881-1959 New Zealand)
  • Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808-1872)
  • Eileen Barnes (c1910-1950)
  • Myra Barry (1886-1960)
  • Rose Barton (1856-1929)
  • Mary Battersby (c1804-1841)
  • Frances Beaufort (Mrs.Lovell Edgeworth) (1769-1864)
  • Lady Edith Blake(nee Bernal Osborne) (1845-1926)
  • Samuel Brocas (c1792-1847)
  • Sarah Brooks (1850-`1928 Australia)
  • Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941)
  • Gerard Byrne (Born 1958)
  • Mrs. James Cooksson (nee Murray)
  • Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (nee Williams) (Born England 1867-1967), see Irish plant Collectors
  • Mary Delaney (Born England 1700-1788)
  • Samuel Dixon (c1748-69)
  • Andrew Hastings Doyle (c1774-1841)
  • George Victor Du Noyer (1817-1869)
  • Diana Conyngham Ellis (nee Monsell) (1813-1851)
  • John Ellis (c1705-1776 England)
  • Marianne Fannin (Mrs Roberts) (1848-1938 South Africa
  • Robert David Fitzgerald (1830-1892Australia) see Irish plant Collectors
  • Kathleen Fox (1880-1963)
  • Elizabeth Grey (nee Sharpe) (Died 1903)
  • James Gwim (c1720-1769)
  • Grace Henry (Born Scotland 1868-1953)
  • Ellen Hutchins 1785-1815, see Ardnagashel House Historic Cork Gardens
  • Hans Iten (Born Switzerland 1874-1930)
  • Alive Jacob (1862-1921)
  • Andrea Jameson (Born Norway 1953)
  • Patricia Jorgensen (Born 1936)
  • William Kilburn (1745-1818)
  • Deborah Lambkin (Born 1970)
  • Grainne Langrishe
  • Susan Lecky (1837-1896)
  • Ssir John Langham ( 1894-1972)
  • Catherine (1815-1892) and Barbara (1817-1859) Gage
  • Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) see also Robert Day
  • Fr. Jack Hanlon (1913-1968)
  • Gertrude Hartland (1865-1954)
  • William Henry Harvey (1811-1866 Torquay)
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins (Born England 1844-1889)
  • William Howis (1804-1882)
  • Phillip Hussey (1713-1783)
  • William Kilburn (1745-1818)
  • Samuel McCloy (1831-1904)
  • James Mannin (Died 1779)
  • Kathleen (nee Dennis) Marescaux (1868-1944)
  • Rev. D.P.Murray (Born England 1887-1967)
  • Andrew Nicholl (1804-1886 London)
  • Helen Sophia O'Hara (1846-1920)
  • Geraldine O'Brien later Hely-Hutchinson
  • Raymond Piper (Born England 1923)
  • Katherine Plunkett (1820-1932)
  • Caroline Pounds (nee Elam)
  • Frances Proskitt (Born England)
  • Sophia Rosamond Praeger (1867-1954)
  • Sarah Purser (1848-1943)
  • Martha King (c1830-1997 New Zealand)
  • Susan Sex
  • Lydia Shackleton (1828-1914)
  • James Stuart (c1802-1842)
  • John Templeton (1766-1825)
  • William Edward Trevithick (1899-1958)
  • Wendy Walsh (Born 1915)
  • Mary Ward (nee King) (1827-1869)
  • Frances (Fanny) Wilmot Curry (1848-1917)
  • David Wilson (1873-1935)
  • Isaac Whitehead (c1819-1881)
  • John White (Born England c1577-1590)
  • Elizabeth (Lolly) Yeats (1868-1940) See William Butler Yeats,Jack B. Yeats

Reference:Patricia Butler,'Irish Botanical Illustrators', Antique Collectors Club, London 2000 ISBN 1-85149-357-3 Botanical print of Houlletia brocklehurstiana Botanical Art involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. ... Myra Barry (born 1 November 1957) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mrs Mary Delaney achieved unexpected fame at the age of 71 in the court of George III and Queen Charlotte of England thanks to the 18th century decoupage craze. ... John Ellis may refer to: John Ellis, 18th century scientist John Willis Ellis (1920–1961), North Carolina governor John Ellis, a baseball player John Ellis (born 1952), founding member of the 1970s punk band The Vibrators John Ellis, a drummer for the band Judas Priest John Ellis (born 1930), British... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Robert D. Fitzgerald (November 30, 1830 - August 12, 1892) was an Irish-Australian surveyor, ornithologist,[1] botanist and poet. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815) was an Irish botanist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was an artist and author who was most noted for his work as a word carver and for his books on travel and natural history. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... William Henry Harvey (1811-1866) was an Irish botanist. ... Torquay (IPA: ) is a town in Devon, England. ... The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... Andrew Nicholl R.H.A (1804 - 1886) was an Irish painter. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sarah Purser (March 22, 1848 - August 7, 1943) was an Irish artist. ... James Stuart has been the name of several historical figures. ... John Marks Templeton, renowned stock investor and businessman, was born on 29 November 1912, in the town of Winchester, Tennessee. ... David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, KT (born February 14, 1935) was the second to last Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992). ... John White may refer to: John White (d. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on 24 January 1908. ... ...


Critics, collectors and curators

Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875 - 1968) was born in New York City, he graduated from Columbia University as a mining engineer. ... Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet (1903–1994[1]) was a British conservative politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen. ... William Dargan, an engineer, often seen as the father of Irish railways came from County Carlow, Ireland. ... Cathal Gannon (1 August 1910 - 23 May 1999), was a harpsichord maker, a fortepiano restorer and an amateur horologist. ... Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (October 27, 1905 - July 6, 1992), was an heir to the Guinness family brewing fortune, lawyer, poet and novelist. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Sir Hugh Lane by Antonio Mancini - Oil on canvas (1913) Sir Hugh Percy Lane ( November 9, 1875-May 7, 1915 ) Born in County Cork on 9 November 1875, he is best known for for establishing Dublins Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art... Gordon Lambert (9 April 1919–27 January 2005) was an Irish art collector who, in 1992, donated over 300 paintings to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. ... Sir Denis Mahon is a collector and historian of Italian art born in London, England, on November 8, 1910. ... Bathers by Æ George William Russell (April 10, 1867 – July 17, 1935) who wrote under the pseudonym Æ, was an Irish nationalist, critic, poet, and painter. ... Dr. Tony Ryan (born 2 February 1936) is an Irish multi-millionaire and founder of Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) and Ryanair. ... George Bernard Shaw (born 26 July 1856, Dublin, Ireland died November 2, 1950, Hertfordshire, England) was an Irish writer. ... Dorothy Walker (Born January 16th 1929, died December 8th 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstact modernism in Ireland. ... James White is a name shared by a number of notable men: James White (1747–1821), American pioneer who founded Knoxville, Tennessee James White (1749–1809), member of United States Congress James Springer White (1821–1881), husband of Ellen G. White and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church...

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