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Sisley discusses Michael Collins by John Lavery, one of a group of paintings of the signatories to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that the artist donated to the Hugh Lane Gallery in 1935. It is one of four paintings that Lavery made of Collins, only one of which was painted while Collins was alive. Lavery p...

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Published inIrish arts review (2002) Vol. 39; no. 2; p. 120
Main Author Sisley, Logan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin Irish Arts Review 01.07.2022
Subjects
Irish culture
Lavery, John
Portraits
Visual artists
Ireland
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Summary:Sisley discusses Michael Collins by John Lavery, one of a group of paintings of the signatories to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that the artist donated to the Hugh Lane Gallery in 1935. It is one of four paintings that Lavery made of Collins, only one of which was painted while Collins was alive. Lavery painted most of the delegates in London during or shortly after the treaty negotiations (October to December 1921). Lavery exhibited his 1921 portrait of Collins at the Grosvenor Galleries, London in June 1922. Collins famously quipped that in signing the treaty he had signed his own death warrant. Indeed, he was killed in Aug 1922 during the civil war that followed the treaty ratification.
ISSN:1649-217X