Frances Kelly
Frances Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frances Josephine Kelly 1908 |
| Died | 2002 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Frederick Boland |
Frances Kelly (born Frances Josephine Kelly; 1908 – 2002,[1][2][3] usually known as Judy Boland,[4] was an Irish painter. She is known for being the wife of Frederick Boland, an Irish diplomat who served as the United Nations representative for Ireland; by the age of twenty seven, when she married, she had attained prominence as a painter.[5]
Early life
Kelly was born in 1908 in Coolagh Bridge, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.[6] She studied at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, Ireland, and, from 1932–1935, in Paris, France with the cubist painter Léopold Survage.[7][8]
Artistic career
In Ireland, she painted the murals in Tullamore Hospital, Dublin, and those at the old Russell Hotel. Kelly specialized in still life works. In 1935, she married Irish diplomat Frederick Boland.[9] They had a son, Fergal,[10] and four daughters (Jane, Nessa, Mella,[11] and the poet Eavan Boland.[12]
Paintings
- Still Life with Lillies and Staffordshire Figurine
- As She Moved Through the Fair
- Still Life With Flowers Before a Window
- Reclining Nude
External links
References
- ^ "PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - PN Review 220 Contents".
- ^ "Kelly, Frances J., 1908–2002 | Art UK".
- ^ "Frances Kelly ARHA 1908 - 2002, Irish Artist".
- ^ Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. 14
- ^ Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. 13
- ^ Irish Writing London: Volume 2, Post-war to the Present, ed. Tom Herron, Bloomsbury, 2013, p. 46
- ^ Irish Writing London: Volume 2, Post-war to the Present, ed. Tom Herron, Bloomsbury, 2013, p. 46
- ^ Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. xx
- ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, containing the biographies of those who died, vol. VIII, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 71
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-08. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. 16
- ^ Quirke genealogy and family history: of Clonmel, county Tipperary, Ireland; India, New Zealand, England, Australia, South Africa, and the United States, Terence T. Quirke, 2005, p. 183
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