Caroline Scally refuses to be categorised and was generally recognised for what she was, a natural-born talent who followed her own track, writes Brian Fallon
Caroline Scally was born Caroline Stein in Dún Laoghaire (or Kingstown, as it was then) in 1886 and died at Islandbridge in 1973, already half forgotten, though never wholly so. The last time I saw her was at a crowded opening of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) exhibition some time in the late 1960s – I cannot recall the actual date. She and Seán Keating were seated beside each other and, as I passed within earshot, I heard her say, ‘You realise, John, you and I are the last surviving Irish pupils of William Orpen?’
John Noel Smith’s journey continues with an enlivening sense of momentum, writes Margarita Cappock
