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Sunday Talk: 'The same burning wish’ - Elizabeth Bowen, Mainie Jellett, and Irish Modernism
Dublin City, Co. Dublin
11 May 2025
Free to visit
Join Dr Michael Waldron, Curator of Collections & Special Projects at the Crawford Art Gallery, for this special free talk at National Gallery of Ireland.

In a tribute published in 1944, celebrated author Elizabeth Bowen remembered her lifelong friendship with pioneering artist Mainie Jellett and her contribution to the art of Ireland. As young girls, they had been taught in Dublin by Elizabeth Yeats and shared ‘the same burning wish’ for creativity.

This talk is part of a series of events celebrating our exhibition Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone. The Art of Friendship.

Free, no booking required.

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Dates
11 May 2025
Time
Start 15:30End 16:30
Price
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