Lakeside Village at Connemara
Date
1935-1945
Creator
Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Paul Henry was not especially motivated by politics, nor was he directly involved in Ireland's struggle for independence; nevertheless, he is credited with helping to create a sense of Irish national identity through his paintings portraying the people and land of western Ireland. His somber tonal landscapes characterized by a sky heavy with cumulus clouds bearing down on a blue-gray mountain range and a golden foreground dotted with modest, white, thatch-roofed cottages became emblematic of rural Ireland. [...] In addition to the contributions his own paintings made to the establishment of a national identity through art, Henry's involvement in organizing the Society of Dublin Painters in Ireland in 1920 and an exhibition of continental avant-garde artists secured him a place in the pantheon of Irish artists. from Snay, The Donald and Marilyn Keough Collection of Irish Art (Notre Dame, 2019)
![Paul Henry was not especially motivated by politics, nor was he directly involved in Ireland's struggle for independence; nevertheless, he is credited with helping to create a sense of Irish national identity through his paintings portraying the people and land of western Ireland. His somber tonal landscapes characterized by a sky heavy with cumulus clouds bearing down on a blue-gray mountain range and a golden foreground dotted with modest, white, thatch-roofed cottages became emblematic of rural Ireland. [...] In addition to the contributions his own paintings made to the establishment of a national identity through art, Henry's involvement in organizing the Society of Dublin Painters in Ireland in 1920 and an exhibition of continental avant-garde artists secured him a place in the pantheon of Irish artists.
from Snay, The Donald and Marilyn Keough Collection of Irish Art (Notre Dame, 2019)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2019.001.003%2F2019_001_003-v0001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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