Irish Life & Lore - Voices from the Archive

Sean Keating's Men of the South : Crawford Gallery Cork Exhibition - "As they must have been"

Irish Life & Lore - Voices from the Archive

Show Notes

In this podcast Michael Waldron, Curator of Collections and Special Collections at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork speaks about assembling the collection of the paintings by Sean Keating, including An IRA Column which is kindly on loan from Aras an Uachtarain. You will hear him examine the study of composition, the story of the individuals depicted and the circumstances surrounding the creation of Keating's iconic masterpiece - Men of the South. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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