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“The Sunshade” by William John Leech (Irish) - Oil on canvas / c. 1913 - National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin) #WomenInArt #art #ArtText #artwork #portraitofawoman #oilpainting #WilliamJohnLeech #womensart #NationalGalleryofIreland #IrishArt #IrishArtist #WilliamLeech #umbrella #parasol #style #1910s
“The Sunshade” by Irish artist William John Leech depicts a young pale woman holding a green parasol which filters the sunlight and casts green shadows on the woman’s face, characteristic of Leech’s Post-Impressionist style. The warmth from the light in the picture and the enigmatic expression on the woman’s face make it a much loved painting in the National Gallery of Ireland. Elizabeth Saurine, the artist’s first wife, modeled for this painting. Sunlight bursts in strongly from the left and highlights the fine bone structure of Elizabeth's face and hands. Leech has painted her in the contemporary clothes of a modern woman. The cadmium yellow of the cardigan, painted in thick impasto to create texture, vibrates against the viridian green of the umbrella, which casts green shadows on her shoulders. In the background, tall stems of lilies are visible. The setting may be the garden in Concarneau, where Leech painted his well-known picture A Convent Garden, Brittany (c.1913; National Gallery of Ireland). Born in Dublin in 1881, Leech studied at the Metropolitan School of Art. He also studied at the RHA School and at the Academie Julian in Paris. From 1903 until 1917, Leech lived mainly in Concarneau in Brittany (France), but visited Dublin regularly. He continued to exhibit annually at the RHA, who elected him a full member in 1910. His reputation was gaining similar status in Paris, where he won a bronze medal at the 1914 Salon. In 1918, Leech served for a time in France, but this experience of World War I left him suffering from depression. He continued painting however, and exhibited throughout the 1920s and 1930s at the RHA, RA and New English Club in London. He also represented Ireland at a number of significant international exhibitions including Venice in 1926 and Brussels in 1930. Although he received a huge amount of recognition for his art throughout his life, Leech struggled financially, often making his own frames to save money.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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#art #fineart #artstream #artreview #artdiscussion #artcritique #arttalk #patricksaunders #patricksaundersfinearts #representationalart #realistart #oilpainting #irishpainting #irishart #irishartist #williamjohnleech #nationalgalleryofireland
March 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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“Self-Portrait in a Black Hat” by Hilda Geralda van Stockum (Dutch Irish) - Oil on board / 1988 - National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin) #WomenInArt #art #WomanArtist #WomensArt #PortraitofaWoman #SelfPortrait #HildaGeraldavanStockum #artwork #NationalGalleryofIreland #WomenArtists #FemaleArtist
Hilda Gerarda van Stockum made this self-portrait when she was 80 years old. She was a Dutch-born painter, writer, and illustrator. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she grew up between there and Ireland. Her mother was half Irish and in her teenage years, Hilda came to Ireland to study art at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, now the National College of Art and Design. After Dublin, Hilda returned to the Netherlands to study at the Rijk’s Academy of Fine Art in Amsterdam. She came back yo Dublin and met her husband, Ervin Ross “Spike” Marlin. Marlin was an American student at Trinity College and the roommate of Hilda’s brother. They spent some time in Dublin during which Hilda taught art to pupils of Pearse Street National School. The couple later moved to Washington D.C. where Marlin joined the secret service and was posted in Ireland and London during World War II. They also began their family of six kids during this time and traveled the world due to Marlin’s assignments, but Van Stockum remained artistically active and began to write and illustrate children’s books which achieved international acclaim. This painting is made from oil paints. The technique van Stockum used is called pointillism. The artist applied small, distinct dots of paint in patterns to form an image. It is likely that she propped a mirror up beside her easel so that she could see her own reflection and her surroundings. In this portrait Hilda van Stockum shows herself as an artist. She is at a later stage in her life and she is still working and creating art. She sits in a garden setting, with trees and a grassy area, creating a sense of serenity and natural surroundings. Her hands are holding a palette with various colored paints. She is wearing a light purple, textured button-up top with a light-orange beaded necklace. A dark-colored hat is on her head. Her facial features convey wrinkles and the appearance of age, but maintains an overall sense of dignity and contemplation.
July 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Happy Easter !
Currently on view in the #nationalgalleryofireland is this beautiful piece ‘the Ninth hour’ (1941) by #MainieJellett as part of the new exhibition’The Art of Friendship’ celebrating her work alongside contemporary #EvieHone #pictureoftheday #modernart #cubism #artoftheday #Easter
April 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Lunchtime visit to a gallery

Reading

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April 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Lenny Abrahamson (n. 1966), filmmaker (2018). Donald Teskey (n. 1956). #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Mais um banho de expressividade neste retrato do realizador das séries de TV das adaptações dos livros da Sally Rooney.
April 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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#Picasso #PicassoExhibition #TateModern #NationalGalleryofIreland #MuseoThyssen #MuseoPicassoMálaga #ModernArt #ArtExhibition #PaulKlee #BerggruenCollection #Surrealism #Modernism #ArtHistory #MuseumLovers
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December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Details from Venus, Mars and the Forge of Vulcan - #LucaGiordano c.1660

A story which became popular in art sees Venus,goddess of love,married to Vulcan,the god of fire, which was often seen as mismatched. However, Venus has a torrid affair with Mars, the god of war.
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April 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Please let viewers enjoy it while listening to:
The Queen and The Soldier, by Suzanne Vega (link in the comments).
Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, by Frederic William Burton (1816-1900).
Thank you, BBC Culture (link in the comments).
#art #love #nationalgalleryofireland
March 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Michael Longley (1939-2025), poet, editor and anthropologist. Colin Davidson (n. 1968). #NationalGalleryOfIreland. O retratado foi um dos mais famosos poetas, editores e antropólogos da Irlanda. E para quem gosta de rabiscar retratos é impossível escapar a tanta expressividade.
April 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid (c. 1670), Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Esta pintura é uma das composições mais engenhosas de Vermeer no final da sua carreira. Enquanto uma criada espreita pela janela, a sua senhora escreve uma carta.
April 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A Group of Dead Game (1707), Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743) #NationalGalleryOfIreland.
Nesta pintura, um pato-real morto, uma perdiz-vermelha e uma lebre estão pendurados num gancho ao lado de um arranjo de fruta, seguindo a tradição realista flamenga da pintura.
April 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Because today is #SaintPatricksDay
here's a portrait of Irish actress and activist #MaireNicShiubhlaigh (1883-1958) painted by Irish painter #JohnButlerYeats (1839-1922)
to be seen in the #NationalGalleryofIreland

#IrishArt #Ireland #Eire
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March 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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¿Sabrás qué hacer cuando llegue la noche? ¿Sentirás miedo, actuarás con violencia o guardarás fidelidad al mensaje de Jesús? Si le sigues, la noche no te cegará y aprenderás a amar entre tanta oscuridad.

'La captura de Cristo'
Caravaggio
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April 2, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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A Musical Party (c. 1616 – 1618), Gerrit van Honthorst (1592 – 1656),
#NationalGalleryOfIreland. Van Honthorst viajou para Roma no início da década de 1610, onde absorveu o trabalho de Caravaggio e dos seus seguidores.
April 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Players at Tric-trac (c. 1652 – 1655), Pieter de Hooch (1629 – 1684 ), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. De Hooch especializou-se em retratar homens e mulheres elegantemente vestidos a jogar ou a partilhar uma bebida em interiores ricos ou pátios ensolarados.
April 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Plans for #SaintPatricksDay 1788 at Dublin Castle.
Cotillons + Country Dances, no Minuets.
Ladies - Irish-made dresses please, but no hoops.
(What is 'full dress' for the gentlemen? 🤔🙂)
www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/DGZ-178...

📷 Oireachtas Library / @nationalgalleryofireland
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Masthead from the Dublin Gazette March 1788 https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/DGZ-1788-5047 News about a St Patrick's Day ball at Dublin Castle in 1788. The date was moved as the feast day fell during Holy Week. Women are asked not to wear hooped dresses and men to attend in full dress. The gentry may send to the Chamberlain's office for tickets. Dublin Gazette March 1788 Image: Oireachtas library The installation banquet of the Knights of St Patrick in St. Patrick's Hall of Dublin Castle, Dublin 1783, by John Keyes Sherwin Image: National Gallery of Ireland, Creative Commons A group of men standing at a banquet table, in very elaborate head-gear with ostrich plumes, and wearing St Patrick's Blue cloaks. A large crowd of women and men look on from the sides, and from a gallery above. The scenes is St Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle.
March 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Head of a Bearded Man (1622 – 1624), Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640),
#NationalGalleryOfIreland. Rubens foi o mais versátil e influente artista barroco da Flandres do século XVII. Aliou influências do Alto Renascimento italiano com o realismo nórdico.
April 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Saint Peter Denying Christ (c. 1610 – 1625), Pensionante del Saraceni (c. 1610 – 1625), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Pedro a negar Jesus, como tinha profetizado. A juventude, o género e a posição dominante da jovem serva agravam a vergonha de Pedro.
April 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Two Men Singing ( 1662 ), Cornelis Bega ( 1631/32 – 1664), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Bega especializou-se em cenas da vida quotidiana retratando as classes média e baixa em interiores domésticos e tabernas. Os seus temas mais populares eram bêbados, jogadores, charlatões.
April 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Profile Donegal Man (2008), Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Este retrato tardio é um dos três que Lucian Freud fez do empresário irlandês Pat Doherty. O processo envolveu mais de 100 sessões no estúdio do artista em Soho.
April 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Head of an Old Man (c. 1629), Jan Lievens (1607 – 1674),
#NationalGalleryOfIreland. No início da sua carreira, Lievens trabalhou em estreita colaboração, ou provavelmente até partilhou um estúdio com Rembrandt em Leiden. Juntos, trocaram ideias, composições e assuntos.
April 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Man Writing a Letter (1664 – 1666), Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Esta pintura e a sua contraparte, Woman Reading a Letter, são as obras mais famosas de Metsu e pertencem às melhores pinturas holandesas do género do séc. XVII.
April 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Roses, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Renoir fez muitas pinturas impressionistas de flores e jardins. A flor que preferia para as naturezas-mortas era a rosa. Pintar flores permitiu a Renoir concentrar-se na cor, na forma e na textura.
April 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Saint Onuphrius (c. 1620), Jusepe de Ribera (c. 1591 – 1652), #NationalGalleryOfIreland. Santo Onofre foi um eremita piedoso que viveu no Egito no século III ou IV e passou quarenta anos no deserto em completo isolamento. Ribera foi muito influenciado por Caravaggio.
April 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM