Oliver Sheppard, Irish, 1865-1941
Title: George William Russell (AE) (1867-1935), Artist, Author and Poet
Date: before 1916
Medium: Marble
Dimensions:
55 x 28.5 x 32 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 1936
Object Number: NGI.8092
Exhibition HistoryRoyal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1926
Loan Exhibition of Irish Portraits by Ulster Artists, February-March 1927
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1932
Aonach Tailteann, 1932
AE Memorial Exhibition, Daniel Egan's Gallery, January 1936
Irish Portraits 1870-1970, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1974
Irish Art 1900-1950, Cork ROSC, December 1975-January 1976
Loan Exhibition of Irish Portraits by Ulster Artists, February-March 1927
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1932
Aonach Tailteann, 1932
AE Memorial Exhibition, Daniel Egan's Gallery, January 1936
Irish Portraits 1870-1970, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1974
Irish Art 1900-1950, Cork ROSC, December 1975-January 1976
Label TextOliver Sheppard and AE were friends for many years before this bust was made. Both men studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and went on to become key figures in the Celtic Revival movement. The manner in which the portrait appears to emerge from the rugged marble conveys the Romantic nature of the sitter’s character. AE lowers his head, with a heavy brow, as if lost in thought.