John McGahern
Date: 1998 Dimensions: 86.5 × 95.5cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Purchased in 2000 Description: Miller’s portraits of artists and writers, people with whom he has a creative affinity, are particularly powerful. This image of the author John McGahern (1934–2006), who lived near Miller, is one of
Portrait of Barrie Cooke
Date: 1997 Dimensions: 94.5 × 95cm Medium: Oil on linen Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Purchased in 1997 Description: Nick Miller was born in London in 1962 and studied Development Studies at the University of East Anglia before deciding to pursue his interest in art. Relocating to Ireland, he spent almost
The Road
Date: 1965 Dimensions: 120 × 100cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Purchased in 1969 Description: Sean McSweeney moved to Sligo in the 1980s when his work has become synonymous with the county. His mother came from Ballyconnell in Co.Sligo and McSweeney spent his childhood holidays there. His
Maunder’s Fish Shop, Chelsea
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 18 × 20.5cm Medium: Lithograph Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by The Friends of The National Collections of Ireland Description One of several images of shops that he created, Maunder’s Fish Shop, Chelsea dates to Whistler’s second period of lithography which was partly inspired by the resurgence
The Gathering
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 59.5 × 77cm Medium: Oils Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Purchased in 1969 Description: Like his friend Seán Keating, Maurice MacGonigal was an academically trained artist who had strong links to the Royal Hibernian Academy and was not afraid to express his distaste for new ideas which he
Port Rachrainn
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 76.5 × 51cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: On loan from the Haverty Trust Description: Maurice MacGonigal’s oeuvre included set designs for the Abbey Theatre, illustrations for Cuala Press and a mural for the Irish Pavilion at the New York World Fair. Despite this