To mark the occasion of Sir Denis Mahon’s birthday and to honour his contribution to art history, Fionnuala Croke recounts some defining moments from his remarkable career.
In 2010, the year of his 100th birthday, Sir Denis Mahon gifted his library and archive to the National Gallery of Ireland. The 900 boxes brought from Cadogan Square in London to Merrion Square in Dublin reflect, literally, a century’s collection of books, papers, documents and correspondence, from a man who throughout his life has been an outstanding scholar, connoisseur, collector and campaigner for the arts.
David Davidson pays tribute to Bill Doyle, Dublin-born master photographer, who in these fond studies has left an indelible record of his country