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Sat 07 Jul 2010Chips off the old Irish block
ART: 3Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius ReaffirmedBy Paula Murphy. Yale University Press, 299pp. €59.99
IN THIS VERY welcome survey of Irish sculpture in the 19th century, Paula Murphy offers a valuable reminder that Irish art of the period is as much a story of emigrants as one of home-grown genius. So many of the key figures who dominate her narrative lived and worked in England, and, although their work can be seen in Ireland, the sculptural contribution of such artists as John Henry Foley is also an integral part of the history of 19th-century British sculpture.
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