Keating's Allegories of Change
Painted in 1924, An Allegory by Se谩n Keating addresses the divisive nature of the conflict of the Irish Civil War. The painting is central to a new, free display at the National Gallery of Ireland marking the conclusion of the Decade of Centenaries. Keating鈥檚 Allegories of Change highlights the artist鈥檚 role as political commentator and chronicler of one of the most turbulent periods in Irish history. A number of portraits by Keating of nationalist figures such as Erskine Childers, John Devoy and Terence MacSwiney are on display in this exhibition, alongside William Orpen鈥檚 The Holy Well.
Painted in 1924, An Allegory by Se谩n Keating addresses the divisive nature of the conflict of the Irish Civil War. The painting is central to a new, free display at the National Gallery of Ireland marking the conclusion of the Decade of Centenaries. Keating鈥檚 Allegories of Change highlights the artist鈥檚 role as political commentator and chronicler of one of the most turbulent periods in Irish history. A number of portraits by Keating of nationalist figures such as Erskine Childers, John Devoy and Terence MacSwiney are on display in this exhibition, alongside William Orpen鈥檚 The Holy Well.
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