The Irish Paintersさんのイラストまとめ

William J. Hennessy (1839-1917) The Dandelion Clock (n.d). From Kilkenny, Hennessy left the country in 1848 after his father became involved in the Young Ireland rebellion. Became Americanised, studying at the National Academy of Design. Lived in New York,and France in later life

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Richard Thomas Moynan (1856-1906) Woman and Child. Moynan was employed as a political cartoonist under the pseudonym 'Lex' in Dublin in the late 19th century. His portraits were often commentaries on Irish social conditions. A blog post on Moynan shortly

William John Leech (1881-1968) Railway Embankment (c.1938). Leech worked across a range of subjects, influenced by both Impressionism and post-Impressionism. Chose this this morning because I'm on a train!

Sean Keating (1889-1977). Sean Keating (n.d). An intellectual, Keating set out to depict the birth and development of the emerging State. Much of his canon depicts the revolutionary wars - Independence and Civil - as well as the new industrialisation of Ireland.

Paul Henry (1877-1858) Potato Diggers, Achill. Born in Belfast, Henry deeply influenced, and was deeply influenced by, the image of the west of Ireland. Spending almost a decade on Achill Island between 1910 and 1918, he caught something simple, and created something timeless.

The Yeats painting of the Wonderland Boxing Club that made it to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Here's our latest blog post on the story of The Small Ring https://t.co/lhYlxLSyrm

Frederick William Burton (1816-1900) Cliffhanger (1897). Better known for his classic pieces like Meeting on Turret Stairs ('Ireland's favourite painting') Burton was hugely versatile, illustrating here for George Manville Fenn's boys' own thriller 'The Crystal Hunters'