1952 - 2020
Originally from Strabane Co. Tyrone, Felim Egan studied at the Slade School of Art in London and became known internationally early in his career after representing Ireland at the 11th Biennale de Paris (1980) and at the 18th Bianale de Sao Paolo five years later. He spent a year at the British Scho...
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1906 - 1995
Born in London, to a German father and an Irish mother, Egestorff was educated in Germany and, whilst there, he began to take lessons in drawing. Much influenced by the Expressionist movement in Germany, he came to Dublin about 1922 and studied under Mainie Jellett who revolutionized his work. He w...
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1908 - 1990
Frank Egginton, son of the painter Wycliffe Egginton, was born in Cheshire and educated at Newton College and then Newton Abbot College of Art, before spending some time in an architect’s office perfecting his drawing. In 1930 he visited Co. Donegal to paint and continued to return year after ye...
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1965 -
Jason Ellis studied sculpture in Sussex in the mid 1980s and worked subsequently in the conservation profession. Ellis cites the work of modern masters Constantine Brancusi, Barbara Hepworth and Gerda Frömel as sources of inspiration for his own practice. Ellis now works and exhibits extensively in...
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1879 - 1946
Moony was born in Athlone and was educated at Galway Grammar School and in Devon. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist style of Italian Post-Impressionist Giovanni Segantini, painting landscapes filled with symbolist themes that reflected his interest in Celtic folklore and mysticism. During ...
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