Anne Dangar, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett at the National Gallery of Australia

“This talk held in conjunction with the Anne Dangar (1885-1951) exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia (7 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025) spotlighted Dangar’s friendship with two Irish artists Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) and Evie Hone (1894–1955). Like Dangar, Jellett and Hone travelled to France in the 1920s and 1930s to study modern art. They studied with André Lhote before becoming pupils of the leading Cubist artist and theorist Albert Gleizes and staying at Moly-Sabata. Jellett and Hone returned to Ireland before Dangar moved permanently to the artist colony in 1930, but the artists remained in contact and two postcards written by Hone to Dangar are included in the exhibition. In this talk, Joseph will speak on the influential role Jellett and Hone played in the development of modern art in Ireland and how this parallels Dangar’s influence in Australia.”