As They Must Have Been: Men Of The South, 1922-2022

Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place

Sat 30 Jul 2022 - Sun 25 Sep 2022 (note: this event has already taken place)
10am
FREE


Seán Keating’s group portrait, Men of the South, was completed a century ago this year. It was created in the long shadow of the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) when, during the truce of 11 July 1921, members of the No. 2 (North) Cork Brigade visited the artist’s Dublin studio. Keating would later remark: ‘They trooped in, dressed and armed very much as they must have been on many an ambush.’

Exhibited at the Munster Fine Arts Club in 1922, Men of the South excited discussion in the Cork press and was ultimately purchased for the collection, in 1924, through the Gibson Bequest Fund.

This exhibition will place Men of the South in context and seek to draw out stories of the individuals depicted, the wider theatre of war, and the circumstances surrounding the making of a masterpiece. It will also provide a rare opportunity to encounter Men of the South with its companion painting, 1921 – An IRA Column, which will be on kind loan from the Office of Uachtarán na hÉireann.

Accompanying this focused consideration of Men of the South will

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Venue Info


Crawford Art Gallery

Emmet Place, Cork
+353 (021) 4907856

www.crawfordartgallery.ie

    



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