George Russell (AE)
Artist
Seán O'Sullivan
(1906 - 1964)
Date1935
MediumCharcoal and chalk paper
Dimensions31 x 41.2 cm
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, 1936.
© The Estate of Seán O'Sullivan.
Object number793
DescriptionThe portrait painter Seán O’Sullivan portrayed many of the leading figures of his day including Maud Gonne MacBride, Eamon de Valera and James Joyce. This view of the poet, painter, writer and activist George Russell on his deathbed was made by O’Sullivan a day after Russell had died in Bournemouth.On View
Not on view
