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词条 Dorothy Walker (critic)
释义

  1. Life and career

  2. Bibliography

  3. References

  4. Sources

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| birth_name = Dorothy Cole
| birth_date = January 16, 1929
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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}}Dorothy Walker (January 16, 1929 - December 8, 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstract modernism in Ireland.

Life and career

Born Dorothy Cole in Dublin in 1929 to the owner of a fruit and vegetable business, living in Mountjoy Sq., Dublin, and educated in the Dominican Convent Wicklow and École du Louvre in Paris she was a co-founder of the occasion modern art exhibition Rosc and a board member and even an interim director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was married to architect Robin Walker with whom she had five children.[1] After her death the museum held an exhibition in her honour, featuring work by artists, such as Patrick Scott and Sean Scully who she particularly favoured. Her books include a rare but much admired discussion of contemporary Irish art.[2][3]

Bibliography

  • (1997) Modern art in Ireland. Dublin: Liliput, {{ISBN|1-874675-96-1}}
  • Michael Scott, Architect in (casual) conversation with Dorothy Walker (Kinsale: Gandon Editions 1995)
  • Without the Walls: John Aiken, James Coleman, Felim Egan, Brian King, Ciaran Lennon, Alanna O’Kelly, Michael O’Sullivan, Nigel Rolfe, Noel Sheridan [ICA Main Gallery, The Mall, London SW1, 16 Feb.-16 March 1980; A Sense of Ireland Ser.] (London: ICA 1980)

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Vera Ryan|title=Movers and Shapers: Irish Art Since 1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaNPAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-1-903464-38-0}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=A huge influence on the visual arts |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-huge-influence-on-the-visual-arts-1.1107902 |work=The Irish Times|date=4 December 2002}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=Ricorso: Digital materials for the study and appreciation of Anglo-Irish Literature |url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/index.htm |website=www.ricorso.net}}

Sources

  • Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith (2003) Dorothy Walker 1929-2002. CIRCA 103.
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3 : Irish art critics|1929 births|2002 deaths

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