The James Adam Summer Loan exhibition – Irish Women Artists 1870-1970 – has moved to the Ava Gallery, Clandeboye Estate, Co. Down from St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin. The exhibition highlights the significant role women played in the history of Irish art from the foundation of the Watercolour Society to the introduction of modernism and the founding of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art from 1943. The non selling exhibition includes artists like Sarah Purser, Helen Mabel Trevor, Maria Dorothy Webb, Mildred A Butler, Rose Barton, Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone, Elizabeth Rivers, Norah McGuinness, Letitia Hamilton, Grace Henry, Lady Glenavy and Estella Solomons with sculpture by Hilary Heron and Gerda Fromel. It is at Clandeboye until September 5. Here is a sample:
Camille House (b1929) – House in Calary
Hilary Heron (1923-1977) – Crazy Jane 1
Sarah Purser (1848-1943) – A Visitor
Maria Dorothy Webb (1850-1900) – Girl in an Orchard
Maiie Jellett (1897-1944) – Fear Not Mary,