Solomon Delane made his name in Rome, where ‘milords’ from Britain and Ireland, making the Grand Tour, would acquire works of art and antique, writes Peter Murray
T he 18th-century Irish painter Solomon Delane (c.1727-1812), whose Italianate landscapes appear infrequently at auction, has never been the subject of a major exhibition. A talented artist, Delane’s canvases are very much of their time; Classical works, with a hint of Romanticism, inspired by Claude Lorrain and Nicholas Poussin. Cool and delicate, his cliffs and woodlands are enlivened with fountains, temples and travellers; his mountains are dark outlines silhouetted against silvery skies.
The Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick is now one of the most digitally advanced libraries in the world, writes Judith Hill
