Peter Murray charts the work of Irish marine artist, Edwin Hayes, whose bicentenary falls this year
The artist Patrick Swift and his wife founded a pottery in Portugal in the 1960s that is still thriving today, writes Peter Murray
Peter Murray pays tribute to the scholar and artist whose meticulous recording of Irish antiquities in the 19th century remains an invaluable resource today
Peter Murray separates fact from polemic in the protracted dispute between Piranesi and his elusive patron James Caulfeild
George Victor Du Noyer’s legacy as an artist has yet to be fully appreciated, writes Peter Murray, ahead of the Crawford Art Gallery exhibition to mark the artist’s bicentenary.
Peter Murray remembers the talented artist, Robert Gregory, son of Lady Gregory of Coole Park, whose surviving works are testament to unfulfilled promise
Hughie O’Donoghue’s commission for the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey by Peter Murray
Michael Craig-Martin’s giant ‘Drawings’ at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire by Peter Murray
THE ROMANTIC GARDEN
DESIGNS OF CATHERINE
FITZGERALD BY PETER MURRAY
Peter Murray remembers the multi-talented artist-composer Brian Boydell
At the height of his career, American artist Morris Graves moved to Ireland, where he found a ‘kind of magic ‘; Peter Murray recalls the sojourn
Peter Murray traces the colourful career of Robert Fagan whose art was inspired by antique examples discovered in Rome
Peter Murray traces the extraordinary life and career of Clare Sheridan, artist, journalist and confidante of Charlie Chaplin
Peter Murray recalls the independent spirit Edith Blake, diarist and artist and one-time occupant of Myrtle Grove, Youghal, County Cork
George Berkeley is famous for his contribution to philosophical thought, but less well known for his observations on art, some of which Peter Murray examines here.
Peter Murray reflects on the cool Nordic aesthetic of Patricia Burns whose work is on view in January at the Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
Peter Murray examines the shifts in fortune surrounding the magnificent suite of paintings by the Guardi brothers brought to Ireland by the Earl of Bantry
While his father made the Grand Tour, James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Clanbrassill preferred to stay at home and make improvements on his estates, the greatest of which is Tollymore, Co Down, writes Peter Murray
