Abstract
Although widely recognised as a seismic moment in Irish art history, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett’s joint exhibition at the Society of Dublin Painters in 1924 also exposed a wider tension within Modernism in its association of abstraction with decoration. Hone and Jellett, under the tutelage of their principal teacher, the French artist Albert Gleizes, were committed to a new pictorial language of pure abstraction but one that was firmly rooted in the artisanal traditions of medieval Europe. The application of their ideas across a range of decorative arts continues to be much overlooked in the annals of the avant-garde.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Irish Art |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis Ltd. |
| Pages | 55-66 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040327388 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032434933 |
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| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Jan 2025 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2025 selection and editorial matter, Fionna Barber and Fintan Cullen; individual chapters, the contributors.