The Birth of Modernism in Irish Art

The artists can be seen as unintentionally inscribing in their own visual language a chapter in the history of Ireland, writes Vera Ryan


The Birth of Modernism in Irish Art
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After climbing the wide, richly carpeted stairs in Dublin Castle and noting the large paintings of colonising worthies on the walls, followed by smaller images of nationalising ones in the hall, it is relaxing to enter the State Apartments and see an exhibition of mainly domestic-sized paintings from private collections.

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