Tel: 01904 644500
Cheap Hotels in Dublin - News
City Gallery to Celebrate 100 Years
Dublin's City Gallery is this year celebrating the 100th anniversary of its opening by Hugh Lane and his supporters.
The centrepiece of this year's events is Hugh Lane 100 Years, an exhibition that features a collection of 39 continental pictures.
This display represents the first time that this group of paintings, which includes a number of world famous Impressionist pieces, has been exhibited alongside the original collection in Dublin since they were controversially moved to London more than 90 years ago.
Jessica O' Donnell, head of collections at the City Gallery, said: "When Hugh Lane bought the Impressionist masterpieces so loved today, he was one of the few collectors of modern French painting in either Britain or Ireland.
"However, this quick-witted tenacity in a way heightens the sense of loss when you come to realise how the paintings were to slip from Dublin's grasp with Lane's tragic, premature death on board the Lusitania in 1915."
An agreement was reached in 1959 to share the 39 paintings between the National Gallery of London and Dublin's City Gallery.
People staying in cheap hotels in Dublin will be able to see all of the paintings at the City Gallery until September 28th.
This article is provided by Hotels Hotels Hotels suppliers of cheap hotels in Dublin
Updated: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:00:00
Related Links:
Dublin Tourist Board
Dublin Airport
Bookmark this story:
Email this to a friend
What is this?
Social bookmarking allows users to save a collection of personal bookmarks and also share them with others. This is not the same as using bookmarks within your web browser as social bookmarks have the advantage of being accessible from any computer.