Dublin Visual Artists
Painters, Sculptors in Ireland's Capital
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Dublin Visual Artists
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 Geneva (Stained Glass Art) by Dublin artist Harry Clarke |
Dublin Artists: Painters, SculptorsDublin has a long tradition of top-class Irish painting and Irish sculpture, and the city continues to provide inspiration to painters, sculptors and contemporary visual artists of every description, the majority of whom are represented in the permanent collections of the national or municipal galleries in the capital, or in private art galleries. (See also: Dublin Visual Arts.) Here is a list of the most renowned Irish artists associated with Ireland's capital city. (For biography and examples of their art, click on links.) |
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CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS ABSTRACT ART |
Dublin Painters George
Barret Senior, (Landscape Paintings) |
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THE MOST VALUABLE
VISUAL ART |
Mainie
Jellett, (Abstract Art) |
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William
Orpen, (Academic Portraitist and War Artist) In addition, the Hugh Lane Gallery honours two other Irish artists, connected with Dublin and visual arts in Ireland. In 2001, the gallery purchased and reconstructed the London Reece Mews studio of the Irish Expressionist artist Francis Bacon, while a special display room is dedicated to the Irish-American abstract artist Sean Scully. For details of other art galleries, see Dublin Art Venues. Dublin Sculptors John
Henry Foley (Noted exponent of Anglo-Irish Style) Contemporary Artists Dublin is also home to a number of outstanding
contemporary Irish artists. Visual Arts Education One reason for the high number of talented artists in Dublin, is the presence in the Irish capital of several high quality arts schools and colleges, of which the foremost is the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). The history of Irish art shows that from NCAD's beginnings as a private drawing school in Dublin, by 1811 it had grown to include four schools (Figure Drawing, Landscape and Ornamental Drawing, Architectural Drawing and Modelling). Relaunched in 1877 as the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, it spawned a number of craft classes, (eg. in enamels, metalwork, stained glass) and a life class given initially by Sir William Orpen. Renamed again in 1936, the National College of Art continued to expand, and since its final metamorphosis into the National College of art and Design (1971) it encompasses 4 main faculties - Design, Education, Fine Art and Visual Culture, plus History of Art - covering traditional fine arts like painting, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass, plus state of the art printing, graphic design, digital arts and a range of commercial and industrial design facilities. With over over seven hundred and fifty full-time students plus eight hundred students studying evening classes, NCAD has become a major contributor to the health of Irish art. See also Dublin Fair.
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• For more about scenic art, see:
Irish landscape artists.
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