This public lecture is organised in conjunction with an exhibition on life and art of Casimir Markievicz which is on display in Dublin Castle until mid-September.
The lecture will be delivered by Professor Emily Mark-Fitzgerald (UCD), who is the co-curator of the exhibition (jointly with Dr Kathryn Milligan, NCAD).
Prof. Mark-Fitzgerald will share with us the results of their research into the life and artistic legacy of Casimir who was a prolific artist and a larger than life personality at the centre of Dublin's bohemian circles in the eve of the Revolution.
In Ireland, the name ‘Markievicz’ immediately conjures the figure of Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary heroine. This project has attempted to focus primarily on Casimir and bring him back to the public eye.
Please note that there will be a possibility to visit the exhibition before and/or after the lecture.
As the result of curators' research, over 80 artworks and artefacts have been selected to be presented in Dublin Castle’s State Apartment Galleries, many of which will be discussed during the talk.
They have been loaned from major state collections (National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Hugh Lane Gallery, Crawford Gallery, The Model in Sligo, and the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland); as well as from private lenders including Lissadell House, United Arts Club, Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, and the family of Irish radical Thomas MacDonagh.
The talk will also explore links between Ireland, Poland, and Ukraine (where Casimir’s family lived). Displayed in the galleries are unique photographs of Ukraine’s lands and people taken by Constance, and paintings of its countryside made by both, on special loan from Casimir Markievicz’s relatives in Poland. Many of these have not been seen in Ireland for more than a century.
This project, organised to celebrate Poland’s Presidency of the EU Council, is a joint initiative of the Office of Public Works and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin.
We hope you will join us to find out more about Casimir and Constance as well as about bohemian Dublin in the eve of the Revolution.
