The ‘Green Fields’ are the four provinces of Ireland whose emblems and symbols stand out from the complex composition.
Below: a design by Hone for the window, ca.1937-1938
#EvieHone #stainedglass #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Ireland #Eire
‘The Four Green Fields’, a stained-glass window designed by Evie Hone (1894-1955), was recovered, and is now situated in the Government Buildings, Merrion Square, Dublin. 1938.
#EvieHone #stainedglass #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Ireland #Eire
In ancient times, colour played a fundamental role in religion, and even today mosques in the Middle East are illuminated with green light at night, symbolising transcendence. #EvieHone
We made it to the #EvieHone & #MainieJellett exhibition at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social today - there are still 5 more days to catch it - don’t miss out - it’s 100 years since they were last exhibited together in #Dublin
Evie Hone, Composition (1924). Oil on canvas, 116 x 90 cm. National Gallery of Ireland.
#ahimaov #eviehone #arthistory #artherstory #modernism #modernart #modernistpainting #irishartist
Dublin can be heaven
@nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social #MainieJellett #EvieHone #TheArtOfFriendship #Spéirgorm
Happy Easter !
Currently on view in the #nationalgalleryofireland is this beautiful piece ‘the Ninth hour’ (1941) by #MainieJellett as part of the new exhibition’The Art of Friendship’ celebrating her work alongside contemporary #EvieHone #pictureoftheday #modernart #cubism #artoftheday #Easter
A bright colourful scene with the “Last Supper” & below Christ washing Peter’s feet & Judas making off with his money bag.
👀 St Michael’s Church, #Highgate #London
A detail from the #EvieHone window of 1954 - “The Last Supper”
#StainedGlassSunday
‘Freak pictures’: #Ireland ’s #art revolutionaries who were treated so badly one fled to a nunnery
They were artistic trailblazers, bringing #modernism to the then deeply conservative country. But #EvieHone and #MainieJellett faced huge hostility.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The ‘Green Fields’ are the four provinces of Ireland whose emblems and symbols stand out from the complex composition.
Below: a design by Hone for the window, ca.1937-1938
#EvieHone #stainedglass #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Ireland #Eire
‘The Four Green Fields’, a stained-glass window designed by Evie Hone (1894-1955), was recovered, and is now situated in the Government Buildings, Merrion Square, Dublin. 1938.
#EvieHone #stainedglass #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Ireland #Eire
St Christopher
The Resurrection
Heads of Two Apostles
Head of St John
Four Evie Hone panels from the National Gallery of Ireland #StainedGlass #EvieHone #AnTurGloine
