Clare Museum Lecture Series Continues with Talk on “Master of the Ordinary”, William Mulready
The new season of Clare Museum’s Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, November 12 at 7.30pm. Marie Bourke will give a talk entitled ‘William Mulready 1786-1863, Master of the Ordinary, painter of subject pictures, landscape and informal portraits’.
William Mulready was born in Ennis in 1786 and grew up in Dublin. He became a painter London and is best known for his depictions of rural scenes.
Marie Bourke is a cultural historian and former Keeper-Head of Education at the National Gallery of Ireland. Author of ‘The Story of Irish Museums 1790-2000’ (Cork University Press), and curator of the Gallery’s ‘Frederic William Burton Exhibition’, her article on William Mulready was published in the Irish Arts Review (2023, Vol 40, 3).
The Lecture Series will continue at Clare Museum on the second Wednesday of each month, until May 2026. Upcoming topics include the archaeological evidence for pilgrimage in medieval Ireland, pillboxes of the Shannon Estuary, the Folklore of Ireland Society founded in 1927, music and social life in the country house, the folklore of County Clare’s caves, and much more.
While admission is free, there is likely to be a high level of interest in the talk, so those attending are asked to book a seat in advance by emailing claremuseum@clarecoco.ie. Telephone bookings will not be accepted.
For further information, visit: www.claremuseum.ie
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