Thomas James Mulvany,RHA (attributed) 1779–1845 The Eagle’s Nest, Killarney c.1840 Oil on canvas 26.5 x 18 in Mulvany studied under Francis West at the Dublin Society Schools, or beginning as a miniature painter,soon turning to landscape and portraiture. He advocated a constitution of incorporation for Irish artists and when, in 1823, and the Royal Hibernian Academy was founded,he was appointed Keeper. In his Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), Walter Strickland declared Mulvany to be “a man of cultivated taste, and with a considerable knowledge of the history of art,and a brilliant conversationalist,” but dismissed his articles in The Citizen …Continue reading →
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