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An Irish American Artist’s Brush with Ireland

By Anthony Glavin

June 1992

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Not every artist who dies abroad enjoys a home burial, though homage is generally paid– to Joyce in Zurich, or to Keats in Rome. Such is sadly not the case, however, for James Fitzgerald, a highly regarded twentieth-century American painter who died on Aranmore Island, County Donegal, in 1971, and whose grave is seldom – if ever – visited in Dublin’s Mount Jerome Cemetery. Yet, … [Read more...] about An Irish American Artist’s Brush with Ireland

Dan Ward’s Stack

By Geoffrey Cobb, Contributor
August / September 2019

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From rural Donegal to Russia’s Hermitage Museum: the bizarre journey of an Irish landscape by an American artist. ℘℘℘ You would hardly expect to find idyllic scenes of the Donegal Gaeltacht in a Russian state museum, but the celebrated painting “Dan Ward’s Stack” and other gorgeous canvases of rural Donegal grace the walls of two of Russia’s world-renowned art museums. The … [Read more...] about Dan Ward’s Stack

Irish Art Sells For
Highest Total Ever

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
January / February 2019

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In Sotheby’s in London, on November 21, a sale of Irish art from the collection of Brian P. Burns – one of the most significant collections of its kind in private hands – brought a total of $4,204,562, the highest total for a private collection of Irish art sold at auction. The transaction brought Sotheby’s overall total for Irish art sales this season to $7.7 million. The … [Read more...] about Irish Art Sells For
Highest Total Ever

Michael Flatley Opens Up About Cancer and His Painting

By Cliodhna Joyce-Daly, Editorial Assistant
August / September 2015

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As the 20th Anniversary tour of Riverdance wraps up and Michael Flatley performed in Lord of the Dance for one last time on July 4 in Wembly Arena in London, the 57-year-old dancer spoke about his battle with skin cancer in a radio interview, saying it made him re-evaluate the important things in life and change his outlook on wealth and possessions. Flatley was diagnosed with … [Read more...] about Michael Flatley Opens Up About Cancer and His Painting

Breaking The Barrier

By Elizabeth Frances Martin, Contributor
December / January 2002

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Elizabeth Frances Martin talks to artist Elizabeth O'Reilly. "At first, it was hard for me to paint back in Ireland. Once you have left a place, it can be painful to return. It took me many years to break that barrier." Growing up as the second youngest of nine children, Irish-born artist Elizabeth O'Reilly determinedly managed to fit painting into her life from the very … [Read more...] about Breaking The Barrier