IDNO

LS.79173.NKC

Description

Detail of John Keating’s painting ‘The Men of the West’. [JD 19/2/2010]

Place

Europe British Isles; Ireland; West Ireland

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Keating, John [Original Artist]

Collector / Expedition

Chadwick, Nora Kershaw

Date

1916

Collection Name

Chadwick Collection?Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.79165.NKC to LS.79173.NKC were found inside box formerly numbered 16, now numbered C387/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "?America", but the artist biography shows that the painting relates to West Ireland. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 19/2/2010]

Biographical Information: John Keating was born in Limerick on 28 September 1889 and known as a portrait and figure painter. He has made a study of West of Ireland types, and his figures, painted in flat tones, have a vivid sense of personality. 'The Men of the West 'appeared in the RHA in 1917 and the artist later presented it to the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art. [Source: www.thekennygallery.ie/artists/keatingsean/, JD 19/2/2010]