Irish Art Companions
Active: 1904 -
Function: Art society
Policy: Set up for 'the improvement of taste and the revivifying of Irish art'.
Hoped to encourage similar enterprises in pottery and metalwork.
History or description: Run by Mr Gatty, a member of the Gaelic League. By 1907 described as a manufactory, technical college, art school and shop all in one.
Speciality casting plaster made from local gypsum. Opened branch in London 1908. Opened a permanent Irish gallery in premises in Dublin.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Cast Head of Perseus
1904
Cast Madonna & Child
1904
Cast Crucifix Mounted on a Cross of Irish Wood
1904
Cast The Blessed Virgin and Child
1904
Cast Bust of 'Erina' an Irish Girl
1904
cast and coloured by Irish Art Companions
Cast Calvary
1904
Cast The Blessed Virgin and Child
1904
Cast Bust of Salvator Mundi
1904
Locations
Located at 28 Clare Street Dublin Ireland | View on map
1904 (Presumed)
Site acted as important city sales depot for Irish crafts.
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Exhibited at The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Third Exhibition, 1904
1904
Associated People
Members included Gwendolen Herbert
Members included Mervyn Lawrence
Members included Lilla Vanston
Members included William MacPiarais (Pearse)
Sources
The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin & Edinburgh 1885-1925, 1998
1998
pp. 150-151
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of The Third Exhibition, 1904
1904
p. 47
Citing this record
'Irish Art Companions', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib3_1269443314, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
