Frank O’Meara

Mary Stratton Ryan will give a talk focusing on Frank O’Meara’s connection to Carlow. An exhibition of O’Meara’s sketches from the Carlow Art Collection will be on view at Carlow College on the night.

Carlow-born painter FRANK O’MEARA (1853-1888) spent most of his short life in France. Trained in Paris, his painting career spanned just twelve years before his untimely death at the age of 35. However during this period he became a central figure in the artists’ colony of Grez-sur-Loing, 70 km south of Paris. He was a founder of the Grez school of painting, and he taught and encouraged other artists in the style of painting that he had skilfully developed. Although his life was short, and in the end he struggled with ill-health, he produced a series of wonderful paintings which combine plein-air naturalism with a symbolist mood, and he reached a high degree of excellence in his work.

Wednesday the 11th of September 2024 6-8pm.

Book signing from 6pm with tea & coffee.

Talk at 7pm in Cobden Hall, Carlow College, College St., Carlow, R93 A003.

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Origins

Set up in 1992, The Carlow Art Collection is a voluntary community initiative that has been surrounded by goodwill and generosity from the people of Carlow. It has expanded into a diverse collection of work with artists from around the world. CAC became a fully registered charity in 2018. The home of our art collection is in Carlow College. The Carlow Art Collection is free to view in the front halls of Carlow College, Monday to Friday, and in the garden every day of the year.

Today

The art works in the permanent collection include painting, print, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography, live art, film and activism, with more to come. The collection and CAC projects reflect a broad range of art by over thirty artists, many of whom visited, exhibited, engaged with or lived in the area.

Our Goal

The CAC is deeply indebted to the artists who contribute to the collection, to its board members past and present, and to the many people and organisations that support it technically and financially. The Carlow Art Collection will continue to expand on the ideas of what art is and what an art collection can be, and become.