Hayes, Michael Angelo (1820–77), painter, was born 25 July 1820 in Waterford, son of Edward Hayes (1797–1864), originally of Tipperary, a painter of fashionable portraits and landscapes; his mother's name is not known. He received his artistic training from his father, and began to…
Minch, Rebecca
Hennessy, Patrick
Hennessy, Patrick (1915–80), painter, was born 28 August 1915 in Cork city, son of John Hennessy, army officer, of 2 Shandon Terrace, Cork, and Bridget Hennessy (née Ring). While still a young child he moved with his family to Arbroath, Scotland, where they joined other relatives.…
Henry, (Emily) Grace
Henry, (Emily) Grace (1868–1953), painter, was born 10 February 1868 at Kirktown St. Fergus, near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ninth of ten children of the Rev. John Mitchell and Jane Mitchell (née Gardner). Her maternal grandmother was a cousin to the poet Lord Byron. She…
Herbert, James Dowling
Herbert, James Dowling (1762/3–1837), painter, was born James Herbert Dowling in Dublin, son of James Dowling (d. 1786), ironmonger, of 53 South Great George's St., Dublin; his mother's name is not known. While involved in the theatre, he adopted ‘Herbert’ as a stage surname. He…
Hickey, Patrick
Hickey, Patrick (1927–98), printmaker, painter, and architect, was born 27 April 1927 in India (in what later formed part of Pakistan), son of Lt-col. H. W. Hickey. The family subsequently returned to England, living in Bedford. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire (1939–45…
Hogan, John
Hogan, John (1800–58), sculptor, was born 14 October 1800 at Coolishal, near Tallow, Co. Waterford, third among six children, and elder of two sons of John Hogan, builder, of Tallow, and his wife Frances, of Dunmanway, daughter of Richard Cox, a first lieutenant in the Royal Navy…
Howard, Hugh
Howard, Hugh (1675–1737), painter, collector, and connoisseur, was born 7 February 1675 in Dublin, eldest of three sons of Ralph Howard (1638–1710), MD, of Shelton, Co. Wicklow, and his wife Katherine, daughter of Roger Sotheby, MP for Wicklow…
Humphrys, William
Humphrys, William (1794–1865), engraver, was born in Dublin. Nothing more of his early life is known prior to his departure in his youth for Philadelphia. There he trained as an engraver under George Murray and was principally employed engraving designs for banknotes, for which his…
Hunter, Marianne
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Hunter, Robert
Hunter, Robert (fl. 1752–1803), portrait painter, was born in Ulster; nothing is known of his parents. The earliest evidence for his artistic activity comes with an advertisement (4 November 1752) in Faulkner's Dublin Journal for engravings after his portrait of…
Hussey, Philip
Hussey, Philip (1713–83), painter, was born at Cloyne, Co. Cork, son of a clothier. His parents (names unknown) separated, and he spent his early life at sea where, Pasquin records, he was shipwrecked five times. He developed a taste for the fine arts and began to paint, taking as…
Ingham, Charles Cromwell
Ingham, Charles Cromwell (1796/7–1863), painter, was born in Dublin. Nothing is known of his family or early education. Having attended drawing classes at the Dublin Society schools since 1809, he became in 1812 a pupil of William Cuming…
Jervas, Charles
Jervas, Charles (c.1675–1739), painter, was born at Shinrone, King's Co. (Offaly), one of seven children (five sons and two daughters) of John Jervas of Clonliske, Shinrone, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Baldwin of Shinrone. He travelled to London where he…
Jones, John Edward
Jones, John Edward (1806–62), sculptor, was born 2 May 1806 in Dublin, son of Edward Jones (c.1775–1862), miniature-painter, of Chatham St., Dublin; his mother's name is unknown. His father was a regular exhibitor in Dublin and became secretary of the Hibernian Society of…
Jones, Sir Thomas Alfred
Jones, Sir Thomas Alfred (1823?–1893), painter, was of unknown parentage. He was found and brought up by the philanthropic Archdale family of Kildare Place, Dublin. He began his artistic studies in 1833 in the schools of the Royal Dublin Society and entered…
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy (1856–1918), painter, was born in Dublin; nothing is known of his family background. He first exhibited at the RHA in 1875, and in the same year was awarded the silver medal at the…
Kelly, Oisín
Kelly, Oisín (1915–81), sculptor, was born Austin Ernest Kelly on 17 May 1915 in James Street, Dublin, elder of two children and only son of William Kelly, schoolteacher, and Elizabeth Kelly (née McLean). He attended St James's National School, where his father was headmaster, and later…
King, Cecil
King, Cecil (1921–86), painter and collector, was born 22 February 1921 at Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, son of Henry King, businessman, of Rathdrum, and Susan King (née Crowe). He was educated at the Church of Ireland Ranelagh School, Athlone, and at Mountjoy School, Dublin (1936–9).…
Kirk, Eliza
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Kirk, Joseph Robinson
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Kirk, Thomas
Kirk, Thomas (1781–1845), sculptor, was born in Cork in 1781, the only son of William Kirk, originally of Edinburgh before he settled in Newry, Co. Down, and his wife, Elizabeth Kirk (née Bible). The couple had moved to live in Cork just before Thomas's birth. He studied sculpture…
Kirk, Thomas Stewart
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Kirk, William Boyton
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Larkin, Diarmuid
Larkin, Diarmuid (1918–89), painter and art educationist, was born 1 April 1918 in Dublin, elder son and eldest among three children of John Larkin (also known as Seán Ó Lorcáin), building contractor, of 99 Lower Dorset St., Dublin, and Maura Larkin (née Noonan) of Galbally, Co.…
Latham, James
Latham, James (1696–1747), painter, was born in Co. Tipperary, one of the Lathams of Meldrum and Ballysheehan, near Cashel. Biographical records of Latham's life remain scarce. He travelled to Antwerp to study, possibly at the suggestion of the painter…