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THREE CENTURIES OF IRISH ART — Crawford Art Gallery Collection

THREE CENTURIES OF IRISH ART — Crawford Art Gallery Collection

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ed. Peter Murray

asst. eds. John O'Regan, Nicola Dearey
ISBN 978 1910140 048     288 pages (hardback)     23x25cm    246 illus  

This magnificent book offers the reader a fascinating journey through three centuries of Irish art from the 18th century to the present day. A lavishly illustrated clothbound volume of 288 pages, with 246 colour illustrations, the book features 120 key works of art by 100 Irish artists, each carried as full-page plates with accompanying texts written by leading art writers.

All of the major figures of Irish art are beautifully represented – 18th-century artists include James Barry, Francis Bindon, John Butts, Nathaniel Grogan and Alexander Pope; 19th-century artists include James Brenan, Samuel Forde, John Hogan, John Lavery, Daniel Maclise, James Arthur O'Connor and Walter Osborne; major 20th-century artists include Harry Clarke, Barrie Cooke, Paul Henry, William Leech, Louis le Brocquy, Seán Keating, Cecil King, Tony O'Malley, Patrick Scott, William Scott and Jack B Yeats, alongside key contemporary artists such as Dorothy Cross, Eilis O’Connell, Hughie O’Donoghue, Kathy Prendergast, Nigel Rolfe, Seán Scully and Donald Teskey.

Peter Murray writes an in-depth introductory essay about the development of Irish art over the three centuries and the building of the Crawford Gallery collection from its beginnings. Contributors include Fionna Barber, Julian Campbell, Tom Dunne, William Gallagher, William Laffan, Catherine Marshall, Paula Murphy, Peter Murray, Eimear O'Connor, Hilary Pyle, Brendan Rooney, Vera Ryan, Yvonne Scott, among others. The book also includes an extensive bibliography and an index of illustrations.

 

CONTENTS

Chronological listing of featured works    6
Preface   by John Bowen    9
Three Centuries of Irish Art   by Peter Murray    10
COLOUR PLATES + TEXTS    32
Contributors    278
Bibliography    279
List of Illustrations - by artist    286

 

FEATURED ARTISTS (in alphabetical order)

George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (c.1806-1884) / Robert Ballagh (b.1943) /  James Barry (1741-1806) /  William Gerard Barry (1864-1941) /  Francis Bindon (c.1690-1765) /  Stephen Brandes (b.1966) /  Muriel Brandt (1909-1981) /  James Brenan (1837-1907) /  Adam Buck (1759-1833) /  John Burke (1946-2006) /  John Butts (c.1728-1765) /  Gerard Byrne (b.1969) /  Harry Clarke (1889-1931) /  Margaret Clarke (1888-1961) /  Patrick Collins (1910-1994) /  Jerome Connor (1874-1943) /  Barrie Cooke (1931-2014) /  Maud Cotter (b.1954) /  James Humbert Craig (1877-1944) /  Dorothy Cross (b.1956) /  William Crozier (1930-2011) /  Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) /  Willie Doherty (b.1959) /  Alfred Elmore (1815-1881) /  Micheal Farrell (1940-2000) /  Samuel Forde (1805-1828) /  Charles Forrest (c.1742-1807) /  Norman Garstin (1847-1926) /  Charles MacIver Grierson (1864-1939) /  Nathaniel Grogan (c.1740-1807) /  Martin Healy (b.1967) /  Patrick Hennessy (1915-1980) /  Grace Henry (1868-1953) /  Paul Henry (1876-1958) /  Joseph Higgins (1885-1925) /  Nathaniel Hill (1861-1934) /  John Hogan (1800-1858) /  Evie Hone (1894-1955) /  Robert Hunter (1745-1803) /  Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) /  Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856-1918) /  Seán Keating (1889-1977) /  Harry Kernoff (1900-1974) /  Cecil King (1921-1986) /  Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) /  Charles Lamb (1893-1964) /  John Lavery (1856-1941) /  Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012) /  William Leech (1881-1968) /  John Luke (1906-1975) /  Daniel MacDonald (1821-1853) /  Maurice MacGonigal (1900-1979) /  Norah McGuinness (1901-1980), Edward McGuire (1932-1986), FE McWilliam (1909-1992) /  Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) /  Elizabeth Magill (b.1959) /  Brian Maguire (b.1951) /  Alice Maher (b.1956) /  James Mahoney (c.1810-1879) /  Colin Middleton (1910-1983) /  Michael Mulcahy (b.1952) /  Séamus Murphy (1907-1975) /  Eilís O’Connell (b.1953) /  James Arthur O’Connor (1792-1841) /  Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940) /  Hughie O’Donoghue (b.1953) /  Alanna O’Kelly (b.1955) /  Tony O’Malley (1913-2003) /  Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) /  William Orpen (1878-1931) /  Walter Osborne (1859-1903) /  Stephen Pearce (1819-1904) /  Alexander Pope (1763-1835) /  Thomas Pope-Stevens /  Kathy Prendergast (b.1958) /  Nano Reid (1905-1981) /  Hilda Roberts (1901-1982) /  Vivienne Roche (b.1953) /  Nigel Rolfe (b.1950) /  James Scanlon (b.1952) /  Patrick Scott (1921-2014) /  William Scott (1913-1989) /  Seán Scully (b. 1945) /  William Sheehan (1894-1923) /  Edward Sheil (1834-1869) /  Oliver Sheppard (1865-1941) /  Stephen Catterson Smith (1806-1872) /  Edith Œnone Somerville (1858-1949) /  Mary Swanzy (1882-1978) /  Donald Teskey (b.1956) /  Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) /  Michael Warren (b.1950) /  Leo Whelan (1892-1956) /  Jack B Yeats (1871-1957)

published 2014
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