Irish Arts Review

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Dear Reader

Art, wrote Oscar Wilde, should never try to be popular; rather should

the public try to make itself artistic. It is the object of this journal to

contribute to that process.

Our need of art and imagery, however inarticulately expressed, is

original and remains fundamental throughout our lives. History shows

that the place accorded to art at any time has been a revealing barometer of both the intellectual and material achievement of its host

society.

Imagination is the forerunner of innovation and all human achievement

shares a common high ground. The insistent need for visual expression ? whether as graffiti on walls or paint on canvas or forms in stone or

bronze ? has its origin in the shadows of our minds where the lure of

magic has not entirely lost its hold and where the urge towards

creativity takes root.

It is a priority of a responsible society to encourage the arts and visual

awareness and expression in all their forms for all of its people. The

Irish Arts Review has made a courageous and distinctive contribution to

this task. It has established itself as an informative and highly effective

source of appraisal of the arts in Ireland.

It is a pleasure to announce our sponsorship; we look forward with

anticipation to a fruitful association.

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December 1986.

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VOL. 3 NO. 4 WINTER 1986 CONTENTS

8 JANE AND TONY O'MALLEY AT HOME

Brian Fall?n

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SAMPSON TOWGOOD ROCH, MINIATURIST Paul E.M. Caffrey

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JANE MORGAN, A FORGOTTEN IRISH ARTIST Eileen Black

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IRELAND'S PALLADIAN GEM David Griffin

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AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DUBLIN BIBLIOPHILE Muriel McCarthy

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the McNeill bequest Michael Wynne

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INTERVIEW WITH NELLY O'BRIEN DE LACY Rafael Squirru

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THE ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF FELIM EGAN John Hutchinson

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THE GORGETS OF THE 'GORGEOUS INFANTRY' Stephen Wood

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CARVINGS AT MOORE ABBEY, CO KILDARE Rolf Loeber

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THE CATALOGUE OF DUTCH PAINTINGS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY REVIEWED

Ivan Gaskell

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THE DURER PRINTS IN DUBLIN James White

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THE STATE OF ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND, 1716 Patrie Judge

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THOUGHTS ON THOOR BALLYLEE Joseph M. Hassett

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LIVELY IRISHMEN: THE RUSKINIAN TRADITION IN IRELAND

Jeanne Sheehy

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EXHIBITIONS AND 1986 GPA AWARDS Nicola Gordon Bowe Sanda Miller

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SALESROOM REPORTS Madeleine Marsh Charles O'Hara

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BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS Brian de Breffny

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Exh. Dublin, Municipal Gallery, Mamie Jellett, 1897-1944, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1962, no. 38

Cork, ROSC Exhibition, Irish Art 1900-1950, 1975-6, no. 65, (illus. in cat.)

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Lit. A. E. (George Russell), The Irish Statesman, 13 June 1928

Thomas McGreevy, "Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett" in

Stella Frost ed., A Tribute to Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett, Dublin 1957, pp. 19-20.

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