Followers of Fashion — Painting Exhibition
5 June – 31 August 2008

The “Followers of Fashion — Painting Exhibition”, comprises 15 paintings which illustrate the development of fashionable dress from the Empire-line style of the early 1800s, through Victorian and Edwardian modes and wartime fashions, to those of the 1950s and 1960s. The paintings depict women dressed in tea gowns, ball gowns, ensembles for engagements, ‘walking out costume’ and mourning attire. In the nineteenth century, the middle classes acquired sufficient finances to have their portraits painted in the latest fashions. The sophistication of women’s clothing increased in the twentieth century, but was interrupted by the two World Wars. However, glamour returned in the 1950s.
Paintings by several Irish artists will be on view, including John Lavery, Sean O’Sullivan, Leo Whelan and Dermod O’Brien as well as works by less familiar European artists. The paintings have been selected from the National Gallery of Ireland’s permanent collection.

Exhibition opening times: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 2pm-5pm.
For further information contact Naomi O'Nolan Tel: 061-312833/490084
email: naomi@huntmuseum.com

Resonance - The Living Landscape
11-28 September 2008

An exhibition of oil paintings by by Denise Ryan of the Burren terrain and shoreline.
The works express the visual changes brought about by light, weather and the seasons and the resonance of lives lived in the landscape, as in her “Standing Stones” and “Deserted Village” series of paintings.
Paintings by Denise Ryan hang in private collections in the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Ireland and France. Public collections include University of Limerick; Shannon Development; Clare County Council; TSB Bank, Limerick and Dublin; Chase Bank and Mid-Western Health Board.
All works are for sale.

Blaise Smith
10-23 October 2008

An exhibition of works by realist painter Blaise Smith of guns, tanks and shells painted over the last four years in Irish Army Barracks. The artist will also exhibit a series of landscapes and still life paintings in the Museum restaurant. In association with the Molesworth Gallery.

All works are for sale.

Past Gazing Future Glazing - The Ceramic World of Peter Meanley
31 October - 31 December 2008

Peter Meanley is Northern Ireland’s foremost ceramic vessel maker. The exhibition comprises approximately 100 pieces including 16 vessels from the collection of The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Exhibtion in association with The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum