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Nationalism was the driving force behind much of Sean Keating’s most important works.  Keating viewed Ireland’s struggle to forge a new identity around

The oil paintings of Jack B. Yeats are the subject of much writing. His style of painting lively vibrant landscapes and sparkling dashes of light is

An Irish modernist painter, O’Conor found his true inspiration in the sun dappled meadows and white washed buildings of Brittany.  His studies of Breton

Beloved by the art world and public alike, Louis le Brocquy’s oeuvre has made an indelible mark on the identity of Irish

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