Northern Irish Art

An Irish Museum of Modern Art exhibition in Dublin shows part of the Irish Art McClelland collection. It highlights artists active in Northern Ireland during the middle of the last century - including Colin Middleton, William Scott, FE McWilliam, Daniel O'Neil and Gerard Dillon. McClelland acted as their agent from the 1950s through to the 1970s when the McClelland Galleries in Belfast were closed down due to the 'Troubles'. Among works shown for the first time the drawings for the McWilliam 'Women of Belfast' series and paintings direct from the studios of Gerard Dillon and Daniel O'Neill. Ends Mar 6 2005. Irish Art