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His lively wit and playful self-mockery are illustrated repeatedly in his drawings and letters to friends. As official War artist, for which he was knighted in 1917, he produced haunting, intensely poignant images of the plight of the soldiers on the Somme battlefields of WW1.
ICYMI, here is this week's Coffee Conversation. Yseult O’Driscoll discusses the portrait of Dr Douglas Hyde LL.D by John Butler Yeats.
Listen here - https://t.co/5QLQw2Fmrx
Tomorrow's Coffee Conversation starts at 11am. We'll be discussing the portrait of Dr Douglas Hyde LL.D by John Butler Yeats with Yseult O’Driscoll.
You can watch along on our YouTube channel ☕ 🖥️
This week’s Coffee Conversation will be a discussion on the portrait of Dr Douglas Hyde LL.D by John Butler Yeats with Yseult O’Driscoll.
The talk will be available on the our Youtube channel on Wednesday from 11am: https://t.co/5QLQw2Fmrx #museumfromhome
Riding into the weekend like...
'Irish Battle Scene' ~ Countess Constance Markievicz. The warriors are dressed in toga-like garments and have strapped sandals, the straps to the knees. The design work on the blanket of the white horse in the foreground resembles Celtic lacework.
'Reflections: China and Japan' ~ Sir WIlliam Orpen
This is a virtuoso still life painting which demonstrates Orpen's facility at depicting texture and reflective surfaces with flair and skill, with less emphasis placed on a coherent compositional arrangement #MuseumFromHome
Tap into your creative side! Send us a drawing, sketch your favourite painting in the Hugh Lane Gallery or what you enjoyed most about a visit you made. Download your postcard here - https://t.co/FivAV66SG7
Send your postcard to info.hughlane@dublincity.ie #MuseumFromHome