At school in Ardclough, she modelled the soft clay from a sinkhole near her home into clay figures. At the age of nine she was sent to live in Dublin to attend primary school. While there, she worked in the studio of Thomas Farrell where she created her first work "a hand on a cushion".[1] She was accepted into the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where she studied drawing and painting, though she was drawn to working with clay.[citation needed]
Careeredit
Her most famous work, a statue of FatherTheobald Mathew in O'Connell Street, Dublin, was inaugurated in 1893 (or 1891 [2]) (8 February). She won a contest to create the sculpture, an achievement for a woman artist at the time. According to Nora J Murray’s article in Capuchin Annual (1932), the male model for the statue took the concept of being plastered a little too far, was dismissed for drunkenness and was later convicted for vandalising her work.[3]
Worksedit
Among her other works are a bust of Gladstone, modelled at his home, Hawarden Castle, a bust of Edmund Dwyer Gray (of which 30 repeats were made), a presentation shield to Lord Wolseley and a memorial bust of William Martin.
Later life and deathedit
Redmond married Dr W Dunn, from Florence, in London in 1893. They moved to Italy and lived near Galileo's Tower in Florence. She died there on 16 January 1930.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Mary Redmond (1863–1930)". Ardclough Community Council. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^Hill, Judith (1998). Irish Public Sculpture. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 111.
mary, redmond, american, singer, mary, redmond, 1863, january, 1930, irish, sculptor, born, nenagh, county, tipperary, 1863, raised, ardclough, county, kildare, where, father, went, work, limestone, quarries, born1863, 1863, nenagh, irelanddied16, january, 193. For the American singer see Mary Ann Redmond Mary Redmond 1863 16 January 1930 was an Irish sculptor born in Nenagh County Tipperary in 1863 and raised in Ardclough County Kildare where her father went to work in the limestone quarries Mary RedmondBorn1863 1863 Nenagh IrelandDied16 January 1930 1930 01 16 aged 66 67 Florence ItalyNationalityIrishSpouseW Dunn m 1893 wbr Father Mathew statue Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Works 4 Later life and death 5 ReferencesEarly life editAt school in Ardclough she modelled the soft clay from a sinkhole near her home into clay figures At the age of nine she was sent to live in Dublin to attend primary school While there she worked in the studio of Thomas Farrell where she created her first work a hand on a cushion 1 She was accepted into the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where she studied drawing and painting though she was drawn to working with clay citation needed Career editHer most famous work a statue of FatherTheobald Mathew in O Connell Street Dublin was inaugurated in 1893 or 1891 2 8 February She won a contest to create the sculpture an achievement for a woman artist at the time According to Nora J Murray s article in Capuchin Annual 1932 the male model for the statue took the concept of being plastered a little too far was dismissed for drunkenness and was later convicted for vandalising her work 3 Works editAmong her other works are a bust of Gladstone modelled at his home Hawarden Castle a bust of Edmund Dwyer Gray of which 30 repeats were made a presentation shield to Lord Wolseley and a memorial bust of William Martin Later life and death editRedmond married Dr W Dunn from Florence in London in 1893 They moved to Italy and lived near Galileo s Tower in Florence She died there on 16 January 1930 4 References edit Mary Redmond 1863 1930 Ardclough Community Council Retrieved 10 October 2015 Hill Judith 1998 Irish Public Sculpture Dublin Four Courts Press p 111 Murray Nora J 1932 Mary Redmond Capuchin Annual The Irish Independent 17 January 1930 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Redmond amp oldid 1221024716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
