Description
About the Author
Robert O'Byrne is a writer and lecturer specializing in the fine and decorative arts and author of more than a dozen books, among them The Last Knight: A Tribute to Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (2013), Luggala Days: The Story of a Guinness House (2012), Desmond Leslie 1921-2001 (2010) and Romantic Irish Homes (2009). He writes a monthly column for Apollo magazine and contributes to The Burlington Magazine and the Irish Arts Review. Since 2012 he has written an award-winning blog, The Irish Aesthete.
Reviews
'The essential book about the brief but extraordinary life of a legendary Edwardian art dealer and philanthropist, his determination to establish a gallery of modern art in Dublin, and its bitterly contested outcome. Writing with authority and verve, Robert O'Byrne has plumbed a rich vein of social history and connoisseurship, to draw a striking portrait of a complex, brilliant and contradictory personality.' RF Foster, Emeritus Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford
'The essential book about the brief but extraordinary life of a legendary Edwardian art dealer and philanthropist, his determination to establish a gallery of modern art in Dublin, and its bitterly contested outcome. Writing with authority and verve, Robert O'Byrne has plumbed a rich vein of social history and connoisseurship, to draw a striking portrait of a complex, brilliant and contradictory personality.' RF Foster, Emeritus Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford
Book Information
ISBN 9781843517511
Author Robert O'Byrne
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint The Lilliput Press Ltd
Publisher The Lilliput Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 1000g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 350mm