Dorothy Walker (critic)

Dorothy Walker
Born Dorothy Cole
January 16, 1929
Dublin, Ireland
Died December 8, 2002
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Art Critic
Nationality Irish

Dorothy Walker (January 16, 1929 - December 8, 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstract modernism in Ireland.

Life and career

Born Dorothy Cole in Dublin in 1929 to the owner of a fruit and vegetable business, living in Mountjoy Sq., Dublin, and educated in the Dominican Convent Wicklow and École du Louvre in Paris she was a co-founder of the occasion modern art exhibition Rosc and a board member and even an interim director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was married to architect Robin Walker with whom she had five children.[1] After her death the museum held an exhibition in her honour, featuring work by artists, such as Patrick Scott and Sean Scully who she particularly favoured. Her books include a rare but much admired discussion of contemporary Irish art.[2][3]

Bibliography

  • (1997) Modern art in Ireland. Dublin: Liliput, ISBN 1-874675-96-1
  • Michael Scott, Architect in (casual) conversation with Dorothy Walker (Kinsale: Gandon Editions 1995)
  • Without the Walls: John Aiken, James Coleman, Felim Egan, Brian King, Ciaran Lennon, Alanna O’Kelly, Michael O’Sullivan, Nigel Rolfe, Noel Sheridan [ICA Main Gallery, The Mall, London SW1, 16 Feb.-16 March 1980; A Sense of Ireland Ser.] (London: ICA 1980)

References

  1. ↑ Vera Ryan (2003). Movers and Shapers: Irish Art Since 1960. Collins. ISBN 978-1-903464-38-0.
  2. ↑ "A huge influence on the visual arts". The Irish Times. 4 December 2002.
  3. ↑ "Ricorso: Digital materials for the study and appreciation of Anglo-Irish Literature". www.ricorso.net.

Sources

  • Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith (2003) Dorothy Walker 1929-2002. CIRCA 103.
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