Mary Redmond(1863 – 16 January 1930) was anIrishsculptorborn inNenagh,County Tipperary,in 1863, and raised inArdclough,County Kildare,where her father went to work in the limestone quarries.
Mary Redmond | |
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| Born | 1863 Nenagh,Ireland |
| Died | 16 January 1930(aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse |
W Dunn (m.1893) |
Early life
editAt school in Ardclough, she modelled the soft clay from a sinkhole near her home into clay figures. At the age of nine she was sent to live inDublinto attend primary school. While there, she worked in the studio of Thomas Farrell where she created her first work "a hand on a cushion".[1]She was accepted into theDublin Metropolitan School of Artwhere she studied drawing and painting, though she was drawn to working with clay.[citation needed]
Career
editHer most famous work, a statue ofFatherTheobald Mathewin O'Connell Street, Dublin, was inaugurated in 1893 (or 1891[2]) (8 February). She won a contest to create the sculpture, an achievement for a woman artist at the time. According toNora J Murray’s article inCapuchin Annual(1932), the male model for the statue took the concept of being plastered a little too far, was dismissed for drunkenness and was later convicted for vandalising her work.[3]
Works
editAmong her other works are a bust ofGladstone,modelled at his home,Hawarden Castle,a bust ofEdmund Dwyer Gray(of which 30 repeats were made), a presentation shield toLord Wolseleyand a memorial bust of William Martin.
Later life and death
editRedmond married Dr W Dunn, fromFlorence,in London in 1893. They moved toItalyand lived near Galileo's Tower in Florence. She died there on 16 January 1930.[4]
References
edit- ^"Mary Redmond (1863–1930)".Ardclough Community Council.Retrieved10 October2015.
- ^Hill, Judith (1998).Irish Public Sculpture.Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 111.
- ^Murray, Nora J (1932). "Mary Redmond".Capuchin Annual.
- ^The Irish Independent,17 January 1930.