Louis le Brocquy, the Glossary
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (10 November 1916 – 25 April 2012) was an Irish painter born in Dublin to Albert and Sybil le Brocquy.[1]
Table of Contents
39 relations: A Family (painting), Anne Crookshank, Anne Madden (artist), Brussels, Calligraphy, Cave painting, Ceramic art, David Hockney, Dublin, Expo 58, Francis Bacon (artist), Frank Auerbach, Illustration, James Joyce, List of people on the postage stamps of Ireland, Louis le Brocquy Táin illustrations, Lucian Freud, Medb, Melanie Le Brocquy, National Gallery of Ireland, Printmaking, Rorschach test, Royal Hibernian Academy, Samuel Beckett, Saoi, Seamus Heaney, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, St Gerard's School, Bray, Sybil le Brocquy, Tapestry, Tate Modern, Táin Bó Cúailnge, The Lark in the Morning (album), The Rising of the Moon (album), Thomas Kinsella, Trinity College Dublin, Venice Biennale, Victor Waddington, W. B. Yeats.
- Irish people of Belgian descent
- Saoithe
- Táin Bó Cúailnge
A Family (painting)
A Family is a 1951 oil on canvas painting by Irish artist Louis le Brocquy.
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Anne Crookshank
Anne Olivia Crookshank HRHA (3 January 1927 – 18 October 2016) was a pioneering Irish art historian, and emeritus professor of the history of art at Trinity College Dublin, the department she established in 1966.
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Anne Madden (artist)
Anne Madden (born 1932) is an English-born painter, who is well known in both Ireland and France where she has divided her time since her marriage to Louis le Brocquy in 1958. Louis le Brocquy and Anne Madden (artist) are Aosdána members.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
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Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.
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Cave painting
In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.
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Ceramic art
Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay.
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David Hockney
David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
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Expo 58
Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles de 1958, Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling van 1958), was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958.
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Francis Bacon (artist)
Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Louis le Brocquy and Francis Bacon (artist) are 20th-century Irish male artists, 20th-century Irish painters, Irish male painters and modern painters.
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Frank Auerbach
Frank Helmut Auerbach (born 29 April 1931) is a German-British painter.
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Illustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, designed for integration in print and digitally published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films.
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James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic. Louis le Brocquy and James Joyce are Irish expatriates in France.
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List of people on the postage stamps of Ireland
This is a list of people on stamps of Ireland, including the years when they appeared on a stamp.
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Louis le Brocquy Táin illustrations
The Tain illustrations are a series of drawings that illustrated Táin Bó Cúailnge. Louis le Brocquy and Louis le Brocquy Táin illustrations are Táin Bó Cúailnge.
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Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud (8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. Louis le Brocquy and Lucian Freud are modern printmakers.
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Medb
Medb, later spelled Meadhbh, Méabh(a) and Méibh, and often anglicised as Maeve, is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
Melanie Le Brocquy
Melanie le Brocquy (23 December 191922 June 2018) was an Irish sculptor who specialized in female figures and family members.
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National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland (Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann) houses the national collection of Irish and European art.
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Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces.
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Rorschach test
The Rorschach test is a projective psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both.
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Royal Hibernian Academy
The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) is an artist-based and artist-oriented institution in Ireland, founded in Dublin in 1823.
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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. Louis le Brocquy and Samuel Beckett are Aosdána members, Irish expatriates in France and Saoithe.
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Saoi
Saoi (plural Saoithe; literally "wise one"; historically the title of the head of a bardic school) is the highest honour bestowed by Aosdána, a state-supported association of Irish creative artists. Louis le Brocquy and Saoi are Saoithe.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. Louis le Brocquy and Seamus Heaney are Aosdána members and Saoithe.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
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St Gerard's School, Bray
St Gerard's School is a lay Catholic co-educational independent day school in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Sybil le Brocquy
Sybil le Brocquy (21 December 1892 – 4 September 1973) was an Irish playwright, patron of the arts and conservationist.
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Tapestry
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom.
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Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, defined as from after 1900, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
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Táin Bó Cúailnge
Táin Bó Cúailnge (Modern; "the driving-off of the cows of Cooley"), commonly known as The Táin or less commonly as The Cattle Raid of Cooley, is an epic from Irish mythology.
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The Lark in the Morning (album)
The Lark in the Morning is an album by Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, family and friends.
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The Rising of the Moon (album)
The Rising of the Moon: Irish Songs of Rebellion is a collection of traditional Irish folk songs performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
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Thomas Kinsella
Thomas Kinsella (4 May 192822 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher.
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Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.
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Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation.
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Victor Waddington
Victor Waddington (1907 - 1981) was a British art dealer, active in Dublin and then London, an early advocate for the work of Jack Yeats and Henri Hayden.
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W. B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Louis le Brocquy and w. B. Yeats are Irish expatriates in France.
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See also
Irish people of Belgian descent
- Anne Cluysenaar
- Bob Geldof
- Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart
- Liam Bossin
- Louis le Brocquy
Saoithe
- Anthony Cronin
- Benedict Kiely
- Brian Friel
- Camille Souter
- Edna O'Brien
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- Francis Stuart
- George Morrison (documentary maker)
- Imogen Stuart
- John McGahern
- Louis le Brocquy
- Mary Lavin
- Patrick Collins (painter)
- Patrick Scott (artist)
- Roger Doyle
- Samuel Beckett
- Saoi
- Seán Ó Faoláin
- Seóirse Bodley
- Seamus Heaney
- Tom Murphy (playwright)
- Tony O'Malley
- William Trevor
Táin Bó Cúailnge
- An Táin
- Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502
- Book of Leinster
- Lebor na hUidre
- Louis le Brocquy
- Louis le Brocquy Táin illustrations
- Táin Bó Cúailnge
- The Táin (Horslips album)
- The Tain (EP)
- Yellow Book of Lecan
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_le_Brocquy
Also known as Louis Brocquy.