Born at Craigavad, Co. Down, Georgina Moutray Kyle was educated at home by governess and tutors. After attending the Colarossi’s studio in Paris in 1880’s, she travelled widely before returning to Ireland with a distinctly modern palette and post-impressionist style. She also exhibited works of Concarneau and Quimperlé at the RHA and the Belfast Society. The Belfast Museum and Art Gallery bought “The Market, Concarneau” which had been exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1924. In 1930 the ar
tist was represented in the Irish exhibition at Brussels, she became an active committee member of the Belfast Art Society (later called the Ulster Academy of Arts) and was a dominant persona in Belfast exhibitions in the 1920s and 30s.
Georgina Moutray Kyle's work featured in Adam's loan exhibitions:
'The French Connection' (2010). Please click here to view the catalogue.
'A Celebration of Irish Art and Modernism' (2011). Please click here to view the catalogue.
'Irish Women Artists: 1870-1970'. Please click here to view the catalogue.
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