Modern & Contemporary Art in Ireland (Leaving Cert Art): Flashcards
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Time period of Irish modernism
Time period of Irish modernism
1920-1960
Irish Free State formation year
Irish Free State formation year
1922
Roderic O'Conor's distinction
Roderic O'Conor's distinction
Ireland's only true impressionist
Society of Dublin Painters founding year
Society of Dublin Painters founding year
1920
Mainie Jellett's art style
Mainie Jellett's art style
Abstract geometric compositions with cubist influences
Year Jellett first exhibited abstract work
Year Jellett first exhibited abstract work
1923
IELA founding year & key founder
IELA founding year & key founder
1943, Mainie Jellett
White Stag Group active period
White Stag Group active period
1940-1945
White Stag Group founders
White Stag Group founders
Basil Rákóczi and Kenneth Hall
Ireland's 1st Venice Biennale year
Ireland's 1st Venice Biennale year
1950
Irish artists at Venice Biennale 1950
Irish artists at Venice Biennale 1950
Norah McGuinness and Nano Reid
Nano Reid's artistic influence source
Nano Reid's artistic influence source
Ancient monuments along Boyne valley near Drogheda
RHA's artistic approach
RHA's artistic approach
Conservative, promoted traditional social realist works
Definition of modernism in art
Definition of modernism in art
Movement towards abstraction, expressionism, cubism
Surrealism characteristics
Surrealism characteristics
Dreams, unconscious mind, fantastic imagery