What strange twist of fate brought Nat Hone and Sobeslav Pinkas together in 1857 to paint the same shepherdess near Fontainebleau? Julian Campbell offers an explanation
On a visit to the Convent of St Agnes Museum in Prague, I purchased a small cardboard wallet of postcards, such as one can find in certain galleries in the Czech Republic, Russia, and other Eastern European countries. The Convent of St Agnes Museum is a branch of the National Galleries in Prague, specialising in Czech art of the 19th century.¹ Glancing through the postcards of paintings by Czech artists, I came to one and stopped
The National Library of Ireland recently acquired an album of thirty-six watercolours and prints made by James Cavanah Murphy in Portugal between 1789 and 1790. Michael McCarthy recalls the career and travels of this unusual draughtsman
The Smurfit Art Collection spans three continents and contains some of the best 20th-century Irish art. Ciaran MacGonical reviews a new catalogue of the collection