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88 Oisin Kelly RHA (1915 - 1981)
Faoileáin
Bronze, (h) 24cm (w) 73.5cm
Prov: Previously in the collection of Taoiseach
Charles J. Haughey
Oisin Kelly became friendly with Dillon and Campbell through the IELA exhibitions. In
1952, he exhibited with Dillon and Campbell in ‘Twelve Contemporary Irish Artists’, and
with Campbell in ‘Contemporary Irish Art’, an exhibition held, in 1953 at the National
Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, organized by the CRC. While visiting Dillon and Campbell in
Moyard, Connemara in 1953, Kelly taught them to model papier-mâché. In 1969, Campbell
and Kelly were both winners of the Oireachtas prize (£100) and the Waterford Glass award
(£100) for ‘Dun Aengus, Inishmór’ and ‘Faoileáin’.
fig.127: Oisin Kelly
fig.126: Newspaper cutting of George Campbell, and Oisin Kelly following their prizes, 1969