Evie Hone
, Irish, 1894-1955
Title
The EntombmentDatec.1935
MediumGouache on paper
Dimensions
38.6 x 50.6 cm
Credit LineBequeathed, Miss R.S.R. Kirkpatrick, 1978
Object numberNGI.7870
DescriptionHone learnt the craft from Wilhelmina Geddes in London and joined An Túr Gloine in 1933.
There she forged her own authentic vision with
audaciously modern designs that embrace the
abstract potential of stained glass. The rhythmic,
rotating planes of The Entombment point to Hone’s
early career as a cubist painter, while the triptych
composition recalls her very first stained glass
commission, The Annunciation (1933-34) for St
Nahi’s Church, Dundrum.
Exhibition HistoryIrish Art from Nathaniel Hone to Nano Reid – the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection in Context, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, 4 October 2006 – 18 February 2007
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