Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a changing city
Delving into a hitherto unexplored aspect of Irish art history, Painting Dublin, 1886–1949 examines the depiction of Dublin by artists from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Artists’ representations of the city have long been markers of civic pride and identity, yet in Ireland such artworks have been overlooked in favour of the rural and pastoral. Framed by the shift from city of empire to capital of an independent republic, this book examines artworks by Walter Osborne, Rose Barton, Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Estella Solomons and Flora Mitchell, encompassing a variety of urban views and artistic themes. While Dublin is already renowned for its representation in literature, this book will demonstrate the many attractions it held for Ireland’s artists, offering a vivid visualisation of the city’s streets and inhabitants at a crucial time in its history.
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Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a changing city
Delving into a hitherto unexplored aspect of Irish art history, Painting Dublin, 1886–1949 examines the depiction of Dublin by artists from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Artists’ representations of the city have long been markers of civic pride and identity, yet in Ireland such artworks have been overlooked in favour of the rural and pastoral. Framed by the shift from city of empire to capital of an independent republic, this book examines artworks by Walter Osborne, Rose Barton, Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Estella Solomons and Flora Mitchell, encompassing a variety of urban views and artistic themes. While Dublin is already renowned for its representation in literature, this book will demonstrate the many attractions it held for Ireland’s artists, offering a vivid visualisation of the city’s streets and inhabitants at a crucial time in its history.
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Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a changing city

Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a changing city

by Kathryn Milligan
Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a changing city

Painting Dublin, 1886-1949: Visualising a changing city

by Kathryn Milligan

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Delving into a hitherto unexplored aspect of Irish art history, Painting Dublin, 1886–1949 examines the depiction of Dublin by artists from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Artists’ representations of the city have long been markers of civic pride and identity, yet in Ireland such artworks have been overlooked in favour of the rural and pastoral. Framed by the shift from city of empire to capital of an independent republic, this book examines artworks by Walter Osborne, Rose Barton, Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Estella Solomons and Flora Mitchell, encompassing a variety of urban views and artistic themes. While Dublin is already renowned for its representation in literature, this book will demonstrate the many attractions it held for Ireland’s artists, offering a vivid visualisation of the city’s streets and inhabitants at a crucial time in its history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526161185
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 10/19/2021
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Kathryn Milligan is an art historian specialising in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Irish art

Table of Contents

Introduction: Painting Dublin, from Empire to Republic, 1886–1949
1 Poverty, parks and painting
2 Fog, gas and the picturesque
3 Dockers, swimmers and dancers
4 Radicals, workers and drinkers
5 Glamourous, old and vanishing Dublin
Conclusion
Index

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