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Irish Women Artists 1870 - 1970
Summer 2014
87. Moyra Barry (1886-1990)
Still Life of Summer Flowers
Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 39.5cm
Signed
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Moyra Barry was born in Dublin and attended the Royal Hiberian Academy
School where she won a Taylor Prize. She later went on to study at Slade in
London before moving to Quito in Ecuador where she taught for some time.
On returning to Dublin she exhibited regularly with the RHA and the Dublin
Painters’ Society. She is well known for her bright flower pieces.
