Study Day - Saturday 27 March 2010

Pioneering Women Artists
Ireland has produced many women artists, artisans, architects and designers, whose status was largely unrecognized until the 20th century. The amateur status accorded to lady artists in the 18th century and throughout most of the 19th century, together with the lack of opportunity for training or exhibiting, was belied by their indisputable talent. By the late 19th century, women had access to travel, training and the opportunity to exhibit and sell their own work. As a result, a number of women artists played a major role in the introduction of modernism in art to Ireland. By the mid-20th century women had become fully accepted as artists in their own right. This is the second study day to focus on Irish women artists.

TICKETS AND INFORMATION

• €40 (study morning and coffee breaks); €20 students.
  
• Tickets may be purchased in advance from The Gallery Shop in the Millennium Wing, Clare Street, Dublin 2. Tel. 01-663 3518.
  
• A lunch voucher for the National Gallery Café costs € 7.50 (soup, sandwich, tea/coffee).
  
• Enquiries to the Education Department, National Gallery of Ireland. Tel. 01-663 3504.
  

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