7 min read Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. KATHRYN MILIGAN S book has taken a different approach
Art can show us familiar things in such striking ways that we may always carry a little extra with us afterwards. Parisian neighbourhood bistros make me feel all louchely Impressionist, while lonely late-night cafes on New York street corners bring out an Edward-Hopper spirit.
Itâs possible that romance plays a part. Lowry doesnât quite compel my fascination with the north of England and Hogarth doesnât drive me to, or from, gin in London, but I had always thought that Dublin saved her inspiration for writers. Now, a new book casts a fresh eye on the artists who made the city their subject.