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Book Review
Art and the Nation State: The Reception of Modern Art in Ireland
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 221-222
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Reviewer:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Modernism / Critical Reception / Collections, Public / Art museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art and the Nation State: The Reception of Modern Art in Ireland By Róisín Kennedy. 304 pp. incl. 24 b. & w. ills. (Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2021), £90. ISBN 978–1–78962–235–5. | :
Book Review
Life Above Everything: Lucian Freud and Jack B. Yeats. Edited by Christina Kennedy and Nathan O'Donnell
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 174-5
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Subjects
artists:
Freud, Lucian / Yeats, Jack B.
museums and institutions:
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
Catalogues / British art / Irish art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Life Above Everything: Lucian Freud and Jack B. Yeats Edited by Christina Kennedy and Nathan O’Donnell. 160 pages incl. 76 col. + 16 b. & w. ills. (Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2019), €20. ISBN 978–1–909792–24–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Double portrait, by Lucian Freud. 1985–86. Oil on canvas, 78.7 by 88.9 cm. (Private collection; © Christie’s images Ltd. and Lucian Freud Archive; photograph John Riddy; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Expressions of Nationhood in Bronze & Stone: Albert G. Power, RHA. By Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 975-976
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Reviewer:
Ward-Jackson, Philip (Ward-Jackson, Philip; Ward-Jackson, Phillip; Jackson, Philip Ward; Ward-Jackon, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Power, Albert G.
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Irish art / Sculpture / Sculptors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Expressions of Nationhood in Bronze & Stone: Albert G. Power, RHA By Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch. 280 pp. incl. 184 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Irish Academic Press, Newbridge, 2019), £35. ISBN 978–1–78855–066–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Statue of Pádraic O Conaire by Albert G. Power unveiled by Eamon de Valera in Galway, 1935. (Photograph courtesy Galway City Museum).
Book Review
Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland: the Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated Edited by David Fleming, Ruth Kenny and William Laffan
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1077-1078
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Reviewer:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Hunter, Robert / Trotter, John / Hamilton, Hugh Douglas / Hamilton, Gustavus W. / Robertson, Charles, 1759–1821 / Percy, Samuel / Butts, John / Carver, Robert / Ashford, William / Roberts, Thomas, Irish painter, 1748-1778
dates:
1750-1799 / 1760-1769 / 1770-1779
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Prints / Pastels / Watercolours / Wax sculpture / Terracottas / Marbles / Miniatures (paintings)
museums and institutions:
Irish Georgian Society, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
Irish painting / Irish sculpture / Irish architecture / Society of Artists in Ireland / Academies / Restoration (process) / Exhibitions / Exhibition catalogues / Critical Reception / Art criticism / History paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Picturesque, the / Flowers / Animals / Design / Ornament
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland: the Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated, City Assembly Room, Dublin (16th June–29th July 2018). (Courtesy Irish Georgian Society).
Book Review
Making Majesty: The Throne Room at Dublin Castle, A Cultural History. Edited by Myles Campbell and William Derham
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 880-881
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Reviewer:
Mulligan, Kevin V. (Mulligan, Kevin V.)
Subjects
artists:
Gandolfi, Gaetano
buildings:
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Furniture / Interiors / Paintings
places:
Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
Irish architecture / British architecture / Architectural history / Architectural photography / Architectural orders / Restoration (process) / Ceilings / Castles / Ornament / Baroque / Neo-classicism / Rococo / Exhibitions
Book Review
Chinese Wallpaper in Britain and Ireland. By Emile de Bruijn
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 868-869
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Reviewer:
Wells-Cole, Anthony (Wells-Cole, Anthony; Cole, Anthony Wells-)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
buildings:
Saltram Park, Nr Plympton, Devon, Great Britain / Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Great Britain / Drayton House, Kettering, Great Britain / Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, Great Britain / Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworh, South Yorkshire, Great Britain
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Wallpaper / Interiors
museums and institutions:
National Trust
places:
Great Britain / Ireland / China / Guangzhou
subjects:
Interior design / Decorative arts / Chinese painting / Chinese export / Chinese / East-West trade / East India Company / Country houses / Iconography / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of a wallpaper, by Wang Zhengyue. Probably 1877. Ink and watercolour on thirty-two rolls of paper, largest roll 322.6 by 113 cm. (Temple Newsam, Leeds).
Book Review
An Insular Odyssey: Manuscript Culture in Early Christian Ireland and Beyond. Edited by Rachel Moss, Felicity O’Mahony and Jane Maxwell
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 798
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Reviewer:
Hamburger, Jeffrey (Hamburger, Jeffrey)
Subjects
dates:
0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999
media:
Books / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London) / Book of Kells (Trinity College Library, Dublin) / Festschriften / Essays / Liturgy / Manuscript illumination / Provenance / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Pigments / Colour / Nationalism / Goldsmiths / Illuminators
Exhibition Review
Emil Nolde: Colour is Life. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 684-686
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Jill (J. L.) (Lloyd, Jill (J. L.); L., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Nolde, Emil
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
museums and institutions:
Nolde Foundation Seebüll, Neukirchen, Germany
places:
Great Britain / Edinburgh / Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
German painting / Expressionism / Figurative art / Brücke / Portraits / Colour / Nazism / Politics / Entartete Kunst / Nationalism / Race / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Class / Ethnology / Anthropology / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Slowenians, by Emil Nolde. 1911. Canvas, 80 by 69.5 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
26. Frisians, man and woman, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Canvas, 69.5 by 89.5 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
27. Skater, by Emil Nolde. Watercolour on paper, 25.8 by 18 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Maeve Brennan. London
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 493-494
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Reviewer:
Martin, Richard (Martin, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Brennan, Maeve
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Chisenhale Gallery, London, Great Britain / Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland / Spike Island, Bristol, Great Britain
places:
England / Bristol / Ireland / Lismore / London / Manchester
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. Film still from The Drift, by Maeve Brennan. 2017 (Courtesy the artist; exh. Chisenhale Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
49. Film still from The Drift, by Maeve Brennan. 2017 (Courtesy the artist; exh. Chisenhale Gallery, London)
Book Review
Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland. By Patricia McCarthy
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 400-401
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Reviewer:
O'Byrne, Robert (O'Byrne, Robert)
Subjects
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Country houses / Georgian / Irish / Attributions / Irish architecture / Architectural history
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
43. The painted entrance hall, Ardfert Abbey (Irish Architectural Archive, Irish Georgian Society Collection, Dublin)
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