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Palmer was born in London & grew up in a religious family. He was a child prodigy & exhibited at the RA at the age of 14. He was friends with John Linnell & met William Blake who inspired him. Self-Portrait (c1824-5), Sketch from Sion Park (1819) & Hailsham Sussex (1821)
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Corpus of Sensory Perception (2019)
There are aspects of Celtic culture (such as the right to divorce, the acceptance of homosexuality & the non-criminalisation of abortion) which are progressive in modern eyes but this was a male orientated, hierarchical & rigid society.
The repercussions if a bride were not a virgin were significant. She might be subject to financial loss, to humiliation or even murder! The virgin wife was defined - a drop of blood (hymen), a drop of sweat & a tear-drop. Hardly a feminist attitude.
I work from the subconscious so my art is characterised by symbols. You’ll find them scattered through my drawings.
The Lovers (2019) & Self Portrait (2020)
The Model, Home of the Niland Collection, Sligo. The Model is one of the country’s best collections of Irish modern art with a special focus on the work of Jack B Yeats. Yeats was the brother of the poet & the Irish establishment artist for much of the 20th C
The National Gallery is one of the finest globally with a rich & superb collection. Artists represented range from Vermeer to Velázquez & from Rembrandt to Raphael. The stunning Dutch collection is indicative of the Irish love of the art of the Low Countries.
The young man moved to Munich (1895) & then to Berlin (1897). His formerly Jugendstil (~Art Nouveau) evolved towards a geometric manner.
He was born in Mayenne into a family of tinsmiths. Life was tough & he worked from an early age. The family home was repossessed. He won prizes for drawing in school & served in the army (1863-7). A govt job in Paris allowed him to support his widowed mum. Landscapes (1875-9)
Here are three strands of his work: the homoerotic, the Realist & his sparkling impressionist studies. Muscles (1907), Alte Augustusbrücke, Dresden (1907) & A Cloud (nd)