Veronica Bolay

Born in Hamburg in 1941, in the midst of World War II, Veronica Bolay grew up in post-war Germany and went on to study painting and costume design in the National College of Art and Design in Hamburg and group-therapy in Aachen University. She and her husband, Peter Jankowsky, moved to Ireland in 1971. It was at this point that Bolay began her career as an artist. They fell in love with Westport and Clare Island in particular, and eventually moved to Mayo in the mid-1990s. Bolay exhibited all over Ireland, as well as in Italy and France. Her work forms part of the collections of many public institutions including Bank of Ireland, AIB, Irish Life, Dublin City University and the National Self-Portrait Collection. The Paul Kane Gallery in Dublin represented her work, which consists of oil paintings as well as works in pastel. Bolay was an RHA academician and member of Aosdána.