Hilary Pyle of Blackrock, Co. Dublin is researching the life and work of the artist Margaret Crilley who was born in Newry in 1888. Hilary is a writer and art critic who has had books published on various Irish artists and their work. Until recently she was the curator at the Jack B. Yeats Collection at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Margaret Crilly (d. 1961) studied art at Newry Technical School (now Newry Institute of Higher Education). She won a scholarship to the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin. She studied under Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) and excelled as a portrait painter. In 1914, she married Harry Clarke who is world renowned for his work on stained glass.
If you are able to assist Hilary with any of the items listed below please contact her at her email address
[email protected] 1. Photographs of Margaret or her friends
2. Letters or documents about her life
3. Knowledge of any of her paintings in Belfast or the north of Ireland
Hilary would like to examine any letters, documents or photographs and obtain permission to copy them.
All owners of such material giving Hilary assistance will be acknowledged in her work.
