Shades of Light - Evocations of Summer includes works by great Irish artists such as Sir John Lavery, William Leech, Estella Solomons, Walter Osborne and George Russell (Æ). The paintings in this exhibition have been selected for their poetic and evocative imagery and, from different perspectives, capture moments of leisure, relaxation and sensuous pleasure. Different subjects and contrasting milieux highlight the many ways the artists have responded to evocations of summer: visually, emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically.
 
The focus is both on people enjoying the pleasures of outdoor life and clement weather and on varying treatments of the landscape genre by the featured artists as they explore the properties of colour and light. We see diverse geographical locations including Donegal, Kerry, Brittany, Venice, Cannes and Morocco.
Works included in this exhibition are largely from private collections and are not normally available for public viewing.

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