NIVAL (National Irish Visual Arts Library)

NIVAL (National Irish Visual Arts Library) is a public research resource dedicated to the documentation of twentieth and twenty-first century Irish visual art and design. It collects, stores and makes accessible for research an unparalleled collection of documentation about Irish art and design in all media. NIVAL’s collection policy covers Irish art and design from the whole island of Ireland as well as Irish art and design abroad, and non-Irish artists and designers working in Ireland. NIVAL is sustained through material contributions from practicing artists, arts organisations and other arts workers. Information is also acquired on an ongoing basis from galleries, cultural institutions, critics, the art and design industries and national and local authorities with responsibility for the visual arts. NIVAL is housed within the campus of the National College of Art and Design, Thomas Street, Dublin.

History and Scope of NIVAL

The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) was formally established in 1997 by Edward Murphy (March 27, 1948—May 17, 2014).[1][2] Murphy was a Librarian for the National College of Art and Design, Dublin for thirty-five years. The aim of the library is to document all aspects of twentieth and twenty-first century Irish art and design.[3] Much of the material, amassed over the last thirty years, is unavailable elsewhere; the collection includes files on all leading artists and designers of the period – including contemporary artists and designers – as well as monographs, exhibition catalogues, price lists, brochures, press releases and newspaper reviews.[4] Since its establishment as a public resource, NIVAL has received annual revenue subsidies through application from the Arts Council (Ireland) and project development funding from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the Heritage Council (Ireland) and the Design History Society, United Kingdom.

The NIVAL Collection

The main components of the collection are:

  • Books, Journals & Catalogues
  • Ephemera Files
  • Special Collections

The NIVAL Collection of Books, Journals & Catalogues is the most comprehensive library collection of published titles pertaining to Irish art and design.[5] There are more than 3000 books and exhibition catalogues and approximately 60 journals. These can be searched for on the online library catalogue of the National College of Art and Design.

The Ephemera Files contain an unparalleled collection of printed documentation such as invitation cards, press releases, news clippings, brochures, and small-scale catalogues. The file material is divided into one of the following series: Artists, Galleries, Related Subjects, and Design.

The NIVAL Special Collections, which number over sixty, are groupings of material that form discrete collections, archival material which originated from one source and is of more use to the researcher when kept together in a logical sequence; they document an artist, arts organisation, art movement, or combination thereof. A few of these collections are ongoing, such as the Artists’ Books Collection of hand-made, letterpress, and limited edition book works; and the Posters Collection which includes works by Irish artists and designers – and important designers who worked in Ireland – including vintage Aer Lingus and tourism posters, NCAD print studio posters, and various exhibition posters.

Special Collections

  • 1913 Tapestry Lockout Project: research notes, sewing samples and preparatory drawings relating to the tapestry commemorating the 1913 Dublin lock-out on the centenary anniversary. SIPTU, NCAD and many voluntary community groups collaborated on this project (acquired 2015)
  • Aloysius O'Kelly Collection: Niamh O'Sullivan's research material on Irish Impressionist painter Aloysius O'Kelly (1853–1925), (acquired 2013)
  • Artists Association of Ireland: administration and financial records from the Artists Association of Ireland (acquired 2011)
  • The Artist Led Archive: a growing collection of documentation on the rich history of Irish artist-led cultural initiatives from 1970 onward. The collection documents the work of some 75 such initiatives and the cultural conditions that influence their development (acquired 2010)
  • Artsource Records (Jobst Graeve donation): documentary material relating to the activities of this independent curatorial organisation from the mid-1990s (acquired 2003)
  • Artworking: material on Artworking, the Irish arts consultancy organisation (acquired 2012)
  • Artists’ Books Collection: hand-made, letterpress, and limited edition book works created by artists born or resident in Ireland (1997, ongoing)
  • Brian Connolly Archive: artist's papers relating to public art commissions and digital images of performance work by Brian Connolly, artist, Northern Irish sculptor (acquired 2015)
  • Brian Lalor Research Archive: an extensive collection of research materials compiled and editing by Brian Lalor in preparation for his publication Ink Stained Hands: Graphic Studio Dublin and the Origins of Fine-Art Printmaking in Ireland (acquired 2011)
  • Brian K. Reilly Collection: sketchpads of drawings belonging to Irish painter Brian K. Reilly (acquired 2015)
  • City Arts Centre Archive: administrative records, exhibition records and audio-visual documentation of City Arts Centre activities compiled, organised and donated by former director Sandy Fitzgerald (acquired 2012)
  • Cleo Collection: financial and administrative records of Cleo, a clothes shop on Kildare Street, Dublin, that specialises in Irish knitwear and textiles (acquired 2010)
  • Power's Distillery Cooper's Stencils: stencils used by the coopers of Powers (whiskey), who were previously located in the NCAD Thomas Street campus (acquired 1997)
  • Cor Klaasen Collection: examples of graphic design work by Cor Klaasen including a folio of prints displayed in the retrospective exhibition at the National Print Museum in 2005. Donated to the library by the artist's widow (acquired 2008)
  • Cultural Relations Committee: 1949–1952 records of the Cultural Relations Committee, a body that advises Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland), (acquired 1998)
  • Daniel Egan Collection: ledgers and scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Egan Gallery, 1920s–1930s (acquired 1998)
  • Daniel Maclise Collection: Prof. John Turpin's research material on Irish painter Daniel Maclise (1806–1870), (acquired 2015)
  • Distillers Press: posters, prints and handmade books made at the Distillers Press in NCAD's Visual Communications Department. Also includes photographs and correspondence (acquired 2015)
  • Dolmen Press: a sample archive of printed material published by Dolmen Press (1951–1987), an Irish publisher specialising in hand-printed editions of poetry and art. It was compiled by co-founder of the Dolmen Press, Liam Miller (acquired 1997)
  • Dorothy Walker Collection: collection of critical writings, correspondence and other documentation on Irish and International art of the 1970s–1990s bequeathed to NIVAL by the late critic and art historian, Dorothy Walker (1929–2002), (acquired 2004)
  • Earley & Company Archives: designs and company records of Earley and Company, ecclesiastical furnishers with offices in Dublin from 1852 to 1974, (acquired 2002)
  • Ed Miliano Collection: graphic design examples and illustration by the American born, Irish-based, artist and designer Ed Miliano (acquired 2014)
  • Embroidery Artists Collection: paper documentation of the Embroidery Artists group activities as well as lace and embroidery samples. The sewing samples were a teaching collection used by the Embroidery department in NCAD (acquired 2009)
  • Ernest Hayes Collection: material relating to Irish artist Ernest Hayes (1914–1978) donated by his family (acquired 2013)
  • Evie Hone Collection: books and ephemera from the artist's personal library (acquired 1997)
  • Fenderesky Gallery Image Collection: photographs and slides of installed exhibitions in the Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, dating from 1990–2013 (acquired 2014)
  • Fionnan MacCollum: sketchbooks and correspondence relating to Irish sculptural designer Fionnan Og MacCollum (acquired 1997)
  • Friends of the National Collections of Ireland: administrative records of the FNCI, a voluntary body founded in 1924 by Irish artist Sarah Purser, to help preserve Ireland's artistic heritage at a time when there was little or no State support for developing art collections in Ireland (acquired 2001)
  • Gordon Lambert Collection: papers relating to Irish art collector Gordon Lambert (acquired 2015)
  • Graphic Studio Dublin Archive: institutional archive of letters, catalogues, photographs and ephemera from the establishment of the Studio in 1960 to the year of donation (acquired 2010)
  • Helen Moloney Archive: artist's papers including correspondence, preparatory artwork and photographs belonging to Irish stained glass artist Helen Moloney (1926-2011), (acquired 2011)
  • HIBERNIA: artist Peter Haining's personal archive of a six-year project to document naive and auto-didactic art throughout Ireland. The archive is of itself an artwork in multiple formats including sketchbooks, diaries, photographs, ephemera and a personal library amassed as he travelled by bicycle around the 32 counties (acquired 2011)
  • Institute of Sculptors of Ireland: see Peter Grant Collection
  • Irish Exhibition of Living Art Archive (Anne Yeats Donation): extensive documentary material including 2 complete volumes of press clippings, exhibition catalogues, visitors books and minutes from the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, 1947–1971, (acquired 2001)
  • Irish Directions (Patricia Boylan papers): administrative records, compiled by Patricia Boylan, relating to Irish Directions, a travelling exhibition of Irish art in the Ulster Museum, the Hugh Lane Gallery and Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts in 1974 (acquired 1997)
  • Irish Patchwork Society Archive: administrative records and photographic documentation of the Irish Patchwork Society's activities from 1979–2013 (acquired 2013)
  • Irish Trade Board: Fashion forecasts, mood boards and reports from the Irish Trade Board, 1993—99 (acquired 1999)
  • Jan de Fouw Collection: examples of graphic design work including Aer Lingus posters by influential graphic designer Jan de Fouw (acquired 1998)
  • John Hogan Collection: Prof. John Turpin's research material on Irish sculptor John Hogan (1800—53), (acquired 2003)
  • Kevin Kavanagh Gallery Records: administrative diaries and visitors’ books of the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery from the past twenty years, donated by the gallery (acquired 2008–2010)
  • Kilkenny Design Workshops Archive: records, press clippings and extensive photographic documentation from Kilkenny Design Workshops, 1963–1989, (acquired 2001)[6], [7]
  • Kilkenny Design Consultancy Archive: administrative records, correspondence, research material, design drawings and prototypes for graphic design and industrial design projects from the Kilkenny Design Workshops Design Consultancy dating from the 1980s (acquired 2012–2015)
  • Lillias Mitchell Collection: papers and research notes on Irish artist and weaver Lillias Mitchell (1915–2000), (acquired 2009)
  • Mainie Jellett Collection: extensive documentary material on the life and work of Mainie Jellet (1897–1944) including correspondence, sketchbooks and personal items (acquired 2007)
  • Mia Cranwill Collection: collection documenting Mia Cranwill, Irish metalworker (1880–1972) including photographs, press cuttings and personal items (acquired 2000)
  • Michael Healy Collection: a portion of the 1916 diary of Irish stained glass artist Michael Healy (1873–1941), in which he writes about the Easter 1916 Rising in Dublin.[8] See also An Túr Gloine Collection (acquired 2015)
  • National College of Art & Design (NCAD) Records: National College of Art and Design Student Registers from 1877–1970s; Headmasters' Reports, files and incomplete correspondence from 1907, documenting NCAD and its predecessor, The Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (acquired 1997)
  • Odlums Flour Bags: examples of flour bag packaging from the Odlums company (acquired 2013)
  • Oliver Sheppard Collection: Artist’s sketchbooks, photographs, correspondence, drawings and small sculptures documenting the work of sculptor, Oliver Sheppard (1865–1941) and donated by Prof. John Turpin (acquired 2003)
  • Patrick Pollen Collection: drawings and sketches for stained glass commissions by British born artist Patrick Pollen (1928–2010), (acquired 2014)
  • Patrick Scott Collection: books, papers and photographs belonging to Irish abstract painter Patrick Scott (artist) (1921–2014) bequeathed to NIVAL and deposited following his death (acquired 2015)
  • Paul Nietsche Collection: photographs of artworks and documentation relating to Ukrainian born artist Paul Nietsche, who lived and worked in Belfast (acquired 2004)
  • Paul Peter Piech Collection: hand-printed material by American graphic designer and printmaker Paul Peter Piech (acquired 2014)
  • Peter Grant (Institute of Sculptors of Ireland): artist's papers relating to Irish sculptor Peter Grant (1915–2003). Records of the Institute of Sculptors of Ireland, which was founded by Grant in the 1950s (acquired 1999)
  • Pieter Sluis Collection: small collection of books and drawings by Dutch graphic designer Pieter Sluis (1929–2008), who lived and worked in Ireland (acquired 2007)
  • Posters Collection: Posters compiled by NIVAL relating to Irish artists, designers, galleries and subjects including 1950s Aer Lingus posters by Gus Melai and Jan de Fouw, NCAD print studio posters and various exhibition posters (1997, ongoing)
  • Raymond Mintz Collection: artist's papers and photographs relating to American painter Raymond Mintz (1925–2008), who moved to Ireland in 1969 (acquired 2004)
  • Rosc ’71 Collection: unique collection of correspondence and other documentary materials relating to Rosc'71 donated by the Estate of James Johnson Sweeney (acquired 2005–2010)
  • Sculptors’ Society of Ireland: a collection of 900+ membership records of the SSI, precursor to Visual Artists Ireland, comprising artists' CV’s, images and proposals for sculpture projects (acquired 2005)
  • Society of Designers Ireland Records: extensive collection of administrative records of the SDI (precursor to the Institute of Designers in Ireland) including documentation on ‘Design Week’ (acquired 2007–08)
  • State Art Collection (OPW): correspondence, documentation and images of the Office of Public Works Art in State Buildings collection (acquired 2014)
  • Sweepstakes Collection: advertising material from the Irish Sweepstakes, a lottery established by the Irish Free State, to fund hospitals, that ran from 1930 until 1986 (acquired 2012)
  • Sybil Connolly Collection: small collection of ephemera, mostly press clippings, acquired from the designer, Sybil Connolly (acquired 1999)
  • Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Archive: the complete records of the exhibition and studios programme of one of Ireland’s leading contemporary art venues, from its establishment in 1983 until 2000 (acquired 2008–2010)
  • Theo Snoddy Archive: an extensive collection of research and correspondence associated with the publication of Theo Snoddy's The Dictionary of Irish Artists, 20th Century. The collection includes critical writing, reviews and exhibition catalogues (acquired 2009)
  • An Túr Gloine: David Caron's PhD research, including images, relating to An Túr Gloine, and the group of stained glass artists who worked from the studio in Pembroke Street, Dublin from 1903—44. See also Michael Healy Collection (acquired 2015)
  • Wallpaper Sample Books and Women's Magazines: three wallpaper sample books and issues of British women's magazines dating from late 1800s (acquired 2015)

Selected listing of Artists/Designers in NIVAL's Collection

A John Aiken (born 1950), Sophie Aghajanian (born 1943), Arthur Armstrong (1924–1996), Robert Armstrong (born 1953), Kevin Atherton (born 1950)

B Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Robert Ballagh (born 1943), Aideen Barry (born 1979), John Behan (born 1938), Basil Blackshaw (1932–2016), Charles Brady (1926–1997), Muriel Brandt (1909–1981), Cecily Brennan (born 1955), Deborah Brown (born 1927), Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Gerard Byrne (born 1969)

C George Campbell (1917–1979), Tom Carr (1909–1999), Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Anne Cleary (born 1965), James Coleman (born 1941), Sybil Connolly (1921–1998), Amanda Coogan (born 1971), Barrie Cooke (1931–2014), Paul Costelloe (born 1945), Michael Craig-Martin (born 1941), Mia Cranwill (1880–1972), Dorothy Cross (born 1956), William Crozier (1930–2011)

D Colin Davidson (born 1968), Gerald Davis (1938–2005), Jan De Fouw (born 1929), Edward Delaney (1930–2009), Vivienne Dick (born 1950), Gerard Dillon (1916–1971), Willie Doherty (born 1959), Anne Donnelly (born 1932 ), Rita Duffy (born 1959), Brian Duggan (born 1971)

E Brendan Earley (born 1971), Felim Egan (born 1952), Jason Ellis (born 1965), Beatrice Elvery (1883–1968, Megan Eustace (born 1963)

F Conor Fallon (1939–2007), Michael Farrell (artist) (1940–2000), Tom Fitzgerald (artist) (born 1939), Jim Fitzpatrick (artist) (born 1946), Barry Flanagan (artist) (1941–2009), T. P. Flanagan (1929–2011), John Henry Foley (1818–1874), Gerda Frömel (1931–1976), Paul Funge (1944–2011)

G Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955), Michael Gemmell (born 1950), Trevor Geoghegan (born 1946), Percy Geithin (1874–1916), Graham Gingles (born 1943), Richard Gorman (born 1946), Tim Goulding (born 1945), Patrick Graham (artist) (born 1943), Eileen Gray (1878–1976), Anita Groener (born 1958), Guggi (born 1959)

H Patrick Hall (artist) (1906–1992), James Hanley (painter) (born 1965), Síobhan Hapaska (born 1963), Brian Henderson (born 1950), Patrick Hennessy (painter) (1915–1980), Paul Henry (painter) (1876–1958), Patrick Hickey (artist), (1927–1988), Derek Hill (painter) (1916–2000), Séan Hillen (born 1961), Katie Holten (born 1975)

I Sarah Iremonger (born 1965), Jaki Irvine (born 1966), Hans Iten (1874–1930)

J Mainie Jellett (1897–1944 ), Nevill Johnson (1911– 1999), Paddy Jolley (1966–2012), Eithne Jordan (born 1954), Dickk Joynt (1938–2003), Rachel Joynt (born 1966),

K Michael Kane (born 1935), Sean Keating (1889–1977), John Kelly (born 1932), Oisin Kelly (1915–1981), Mary A. Kelly (born 1956), Lainey Keogh (born 1957), Louise Kennedy (born 1960), Bernadette Kiely (born 1958), Orla Kiely (born 1963), John Kindness (born 1951), Cecil King (painter) (1921–1986), Graham Knuttel (born 1954)

L Nevan Lahart (born 1973), Brian Lalor (born 1941), Sonja Landweer (born 1933), Clare Langan (born 1967) John Lavery (1856–1941), Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012), Ciaran Lennon (born 1947), Les Levine (born 1935), David Lilburn (born 1950), John Luke (artist) (1906–1975), Sean Lynch (born 1978)

M Gladys Maccabe (born 1918), Eileen MacDonagh (born 1956), Alastair MacLennan (born 1943), Fergus Martin (born 1955), Stephen McKenna (artist) (1939–2017), Anne Madden (born 1932), Alice Maher (born 1956), Colin Middleton (1910–1983), Lillias Mitchell (1915–2000), Michael Mulcahy (painter) (born 1952)

N Isabel Nolan (born 1974), Evin Nolan (1930–2016), Sidney Nolan, (1917–1992), Ailbhe Ní Bhriain (born 1978), Fionnuala Ní Chiosain (born 1965), Sinead Ní Mhaonaigh (born 1977),

O Seamus O'Colmáin (1925–1990), Eilis O'Connell (born 1953), Tina O'Connell (born 1964), James Arthur O'Connor (1792–1841), Roderic O'Conor (1860–1940), Mick O'Dea (born 1958), Éamon O'Doherty (1939–2011), Hughie O'Donoghue (born 1953), Tony O'Malley (1913–2003), William Orpen (1878–1931)

P Jack Pakenham (born 1938), Eric Patton (1925–2004), Rebecca Peart (born 1966), Alan Phelan (born 1968), Garrett Phelan (born 1965), Áine Phillips (born 1965), Janet Pierce (born 1947), Alison Pilkington (born 1967), Kathy Prendergast (born 1958), Patrick Pye (born 1929)

Q Michael Quane (born 1962), Ita Quilligan (1922–1917), Linda Quinlan (born 1977), Ann Quinn (born 1978), Bob Quinn (born 1948), David Quinn (visual artist), (born 1971), Tracey Quinn (born 1965)

R Clifford Rainey (born 1948), Nano Read (1900–1981, Marc Reilly (born 1956), Elizabeth Rivers (1903–1964), Markey Robinson (1918–1999), Nigel Rolfe (born 1950), Nicola Russell (1964–2015), Thomas Ryan (artist) (born 1929)

S James Scanlon (born 1952), John Schwetschke (born 1943), Patrick Scott (artist) (1921–2014), William Scott (1913–1989), Sean Scully (born 1945), Anne Seagrave (born 1962), Paul Seawright (born 1965), Susan Sex (born 1947), Dermot Seymour (born 1956), Kevin Sharkey (born 1961), Neil Shawcross (born 1940), Noel Sheridan (1936-2006), Anthony "Doc" Shiels (Tony Shiels) (born 1938), John Shinnors (born 1950), Maria Simonds-Gooding (born 1939), Victor Sloan (born 1945), Blaise Smith (born 1967), John Noel Smith (born 1952), Paki Smith (born 1963), Camile Souter (born 1929), Jackie Stanley (born 1930), Stella Steyn (1907–1987), Imogen Stuart (born 1927), Mary Swanzy (1882–1978)

T Francis Tansey (born 1959), Donald Teskey (born 1956), Martyn Turner (born 1948), Patricia Turner (artist) (born 1959), Charles Tyrrell (artist) (born 1950)

V John B. Vallely (born 1941), Cléa van der Grijn (born 1967), Marja Van Kampen (born 1949), Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006), Stephen Vaughan (artist) (born 1950), Walter Verling (born 1930)

W Jonathan Wade (artist) (1941–1973), Corban Walker (artist) (born 1967), Louise Walsh (born 1963), Manus Walsh (born 1940), Samuel Walsh (born 1951), Wendy F. Walsh (1915–2014), Lorcan Walshe (born 1952), Conor Walton (born 1970), Michael Warren (sculptor) (born 1950), Colin Watson (born 1966), Kenneth Webb (artist) (born 1927), Alexandra Wejchert (1921–1995), Leo Whelan (1892–1956), Charlie Whisker (born 1950), Daphne Wright (born 1963), Nancy Wynne-Jones (1922–2006)

Y Anne Yeats (1919–2001), Jack B. Yeats (1871–1957), John Butler Yeats (1839–1922)

Z Helena Zak (born 1954)

References

  1. ↑ "Genial librarian who transformed holdings at NCAD". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. ↑ Doyle, John S. (1 June 2014). "Obituaries: 'Irreplaceable' NCAD librarian Edward Murphy – Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  3. ↑ Romano, Donna. "Edward Murphy, 1948–2014", An Leabharlann, (Dublin), October 2014, Vol 23: Issue 2, pp.37—8
  4. ↑ McAvera, Brian, "Edward Murphy", Irish Arts Review, (Dublin), Autumn, 2015, pp.106–07
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Olivia; Roberto, Rose; Kirwan, Elizabeth; Murphy, Edward. Art Researchers' Guide to Dublin, with an introduction by Christine Casey (Dublin), 2013, pp49—55
  6. ↑ Walker, Una, "Archiving Design: Cataloguing Images from the Kilkenny Design Workshops", Heritage Outlook: the Magazine of the Heritage Council (Dublin), Summer 2011, pp. 34—37
  7. ↑ Blackwood, Katie, "Kilkenny Design Workshops: The Archiving of the Press Clippings at NIVAL", Archives & Records Association, (Dublin), Spring 2013 pp.4—6
  8. ↑ Conroy, Aisling, "Archiving Michael Healy's 1916 Diary: A Centenary Debut", Archive and Records Association Ireland Newsletter, pp.?? (Dublin), 2015

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