Acrylic on canvas. 152.6 x 183.2 cm, ‘Black and White’ is one of many works from Irish artist Michael Farrell's Pressé Series which he produced in the 1970’s. In these works, Farrell was inspired by curvilinear motifs from early Irish art which he used to create stylised,
A Sense of Identity | Art, Irish | History
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Painted Wood. 228 x 320 x 137 cm, The title of this work refers to the path of righteousness on which the good Christian must focus in order to win salvation. Mullarney's childhood fears of an unsympathetic, restrictive guardian angel are forcefully embodied in this piece.
A Sense of Freedom | Religion | Christianity
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Painted Bronze. 295 x 74 x 13 cm (Axe) 42 x 18 x 11 cm (Girl) The Axe (and The Waving Girl) takes on the subject of the fairy tale, a theme Irish artist Alice Maher returns to again and again. The young female figure is waving to an axe, which is leaning precariously agains
A Sense of Identity | Mythology | Fairy tales
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Clarke was a leading exponent of the Celtic Revival and of the Irish Arts and Crafts movement at the beginning of the 20th century. Attracted by the artistic language of the Symbolists, he created in that style innumerable beautiful images derived from literature, medieval legend
A Sense of Identity | De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 | Mad Prince
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This work is part of a series of murals painted for a room in Plunkett House, 84 Merrion Square Dublin
A Sense of Identity | Spirits | Mythology
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The large canvas depicts Ireland's Celtic heritage with sardonic eye and is anti-romantic comment on the fanciful idealisation of western peasant culture. He bases his scene on the old practice when, on 'pattern days', people would gather to pray at a holy site associated with a
A Sense of Identity | Celtic Revival | The West
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This Conradh na Gaeilge Christmas card for 1913 is signed by Douglas Hyde. It uses an illuminated letter N as its dominant motif, inspired by the illuminated texts produced by Irish monks many centuries previously.
A Sense of Identity | Gaelic League (Ireland) | Illumination of books and manuscripts
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