This representative collection of study material forms part of the Prints and Drawings collection. The group of works (ngi.2019.68-88) comprise figure drawings, produced during the artist’s time as a student of the Metropolitan School of Art, with many inscribed 1933, 1934 and 1937, along with a gouache of Ventry Bay, dated 1939, together with two later sketchbooks, dated 1969 and 1973. These enhance the collection of four sketchbooks by the artist, dated c.1931-34, acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland in 2018. This selection of works on paper forms part of a larger body of work, including figure drawings, poster and textile designs, gifted by the artist’s family to the NGI Library and Archive collections. This generous gift gives researchers a greater insight into the artist’s student work, along with the various strands of her output. The acquisition also enhances the work of Irish women artists within the collection.
This representative collection of study material forms part of the Prints and Drawings collection. The group of works (ngi.2019.68-88) comprise figure drawings, produced during the artist’s time as a student of the Metropolitan School of Art, with many inscribed 1933, 1934 and 1937, along with a gouache of Ventry Bay, dated 1939, together with two later sketchbooks, dated 1969 and 1973. These enhance the collection of four sketchbooks by the artist, dated c.1931-34, acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland in 2018. This selection of works on paper forms part of a larger body of work, including figure drawings, poster and textile designs, gifted by the artist’s family to the NGI Library and Archive collections. This generous gift gives researchers a greater insight into the artist’s student work, along with the various strands of her output. The acquisition also enhances the work of Irish women artists within the collection.