Landscapes and faery: in 1904 the Irish symbolist writer and artist AE (George William Russell) held his first public exhibition of paintings, in Dublin. Diana Beale reconstructs its contents and assesses its importance.
From: Apollo
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Date: 12/1/2004
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Author: Beale, Diana
'My exhibition has just opened and my heart is full of woe because I have sold over half of them the first day'. Perhaps not many artists would say such a thing of their very first public exhibition; but so said George William Russell (AE) one hundred years ago to his friend and patron John Quinn, New York attorney and art collector. From 23 August to 3 September 1904--Dublin Horse Show Week--AE, together with Constance Gore Booth and her Polish husband, Casimir Dunin Markievicz, ...
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