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Healy (Hayley), Robert

Healy (Hayley), Robert (d. 1771), artist, was born in Dublin. His family background is obscure but it would appear from one contemporary reference that his father was an architect and decorator with a particular flair for designing garden buildings and theatres. Robert Healy…

Healy, Michael Joseph

Healy, Michael Joseph (1873–1941), stained-glass artist, was born 14 November 1873 at 40 Bishop St., Dublin, one of three sons of Andrew Healy, labourer, and Mary Healy (née Farrell), daughter of a cattle dealer from Carlow. Born into a relatively poor household, Healy was drawing…

Henderson, Cathy

Henderson, Cathy (1963–2014), artist, was born in London on 4 February 1963, one of four children (three boys and one girl) of English parents Peter Henderson, a lecturer in occupational psychology and his wife Mary (née Topham), an artist. She spent her early childhood living in Barton…

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…

Henry, Françoise

Henry, Françoise (1902–82), specialist in early Irish art, archaeologist, and art historian, was born 16 June 1902 in Paris, the only child of René Henry, deputy chef de cabinet to the president of the French chamber of deputies, professor at L'École des Sciences…

Henry, Paul

Henry, Paul (1876–1958), painter, was born 11 April 1876 at 61 University Road, Belfast, third of four sons of Robert Mitchell Henry (1824–91), minister of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and his wife Kate Anne (1838–1928), eldest of four daughters of Thomas Berry, minister of the…

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…

Heron, Hilary Mary

Heron, Hilary Mary (1923–77), sculptor, was born 27 March 1923 in Dublin to a protestant family, daughter of James Heron, bank official, and Mary Elizabeth Heron (maiden name not known). She spent most of her childhood in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, and New Ross, Co. Wexford, where…

Hewetson, Christopher

Hewetson, Christopher (c.1737–1798), sculptor, was the son of Christopher Hewetson, landowner, and his second wife Elizabeth (née Hewetson; she was a kinswoman of her husband) of Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. Christopher Hewetson senior was a gentleman of some social standing…

Hickey, John

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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…

Hickey, Ted (Edward Vincent)

Hickey, Ted (Edward Vincent) (1940–2005), arts administrator and traditional music enthusiast, was born 4 March 1940 in Wicklow town. He was educated at the Institute for Science and Technology in Kevin Street, Dublin; the London School of Film Technique; and…

Hickey, Thomas

Hickey, Thomas (1741–1824), artist, was born in Bachelor's Walk, Dublin, in May 1741 (probably on 13 May), the second among six sons of Noah Hickey (1689–1766), confectioner in Capel St., Dublin, and Anne Hickey; there were also two daughters. Trained at the Dublin Society's schools…

Hiffernan, Joanna ('Jo')

Hiffernan, Joanna (‘Jo’) (1839–86), artist’s model, was born in Limerick city, where she was baptised 8 July 1839 in the Roman catholic church of St Michael, third child among six daughters and one son of John Christopher Hiffernan (1819–66?) and Catherine Hiffernan (née Hannan; c…

Hill, (Arthur) Derek

Hill, (Arthur) Derek (1916–2000), artist, was born 6 December 1916 in Bassett, Southampton, youngest of the three sons of A. J. L. Hill, businessman and captain of the Hampshire county cricket team, and his wife (née Mercer). The family was prosperous; in addition to running a shipping…

Hincks, William

Hincks, William (fl. 1773–97), painter and engraver, is said to have been born in Waterford, and may have been the William Hincks who in 1795 was left only one shilling by his father John Hincks, a smith in Waterford city. The will also mentioned a daughter, and a wife…

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…

Home, Robert

Home, Robert (1752–1834), artist, was born 6 August 1752 in Hull, England, one of eight children of Robert Boyne Home, army surgeon, and his wife Mary, daughter of Col. Hutchinson, governor of St Helena. His parents intended him to study medicine but Robert prevented this by running…

Hone, Eva Sydney (‘Evie’)

Hone, Eva Sydney (‘Evie’) (1894–1955), painter and stained-glass artist, was born 22 April 1894 at Roebuck Grove, Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin, youngest among four daughters of Joseph Hone, prominent maltster and director of the Bank of Ireland, and Eva Hone (née Robinson), who died…

Hone, Horace

Hone, Horace (1754–1825), miniaturist, was born in Frith St., London, second son of Nathaniel Hone (qv) (1718–84), and Mary Hone (née Earle) of York, England. His father taught him the techniques of painting miniature portraits on ivory…

Hone, Nathaniel

Hone, Nathaniel (1718–84), portrait painter, was born 24 April 1718, third among five sons of Nathaniel Hone, merchant of Wood Quay, Dublin, and Rebeckah Hone (née Brindley). The Hone family was presbyterian and their ancestors, some of whom were Dutch goldsmiths, had emigrated…

Hone, Nathaniel

Hone, Nathaniel (1831–1917), painter, was born 26 October 1831 at Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, one of the large family of Brindley Hone, lawyer and company director. The Hones had emigrated to Ireland from Holland in the early eighteenth century and produced a lord mayor of Dublin…

Hooker, Helen O'Malley

Hooker, Helen O'Malley Roelefs (1905–93), sculptor, was born 1 January 1905 in Connecticut, USA, third among four daughters of Elon Huntingdon Hooker (1869–1938), chemical engineer and businessman, and his wife Blanche (1871–1956), daughter of Dexter Mason Ferry, a wealthy Detroit…

Houston, Mary Galway

Houston, Mary Galway (1871–p.1954), craftswoman, teacher, and author, was born 27 July 1871 at Coleraine Academical Institution, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, daughter of Thomas Galway Houston, headmaster of the institution, and Maud Steen Houston (née Millar). She trained (…