Estella Solomons

Estella Francis Solomons
Born2 April 1882
Dublin, Ireland
Died2 November 1968
Dublin, Ireland
Resting placeWoodtown Cemetery
EducationDublin Metropolitan School of Art, Chelsea School of Art
Known forPainting, portraiture, etching, print-making
Notable workPortrait of a Woman; Portrait of Jack B Yeats; Woman in a Red Tie; Portrait of Alice Milligan; On Parole
SpouseSeumas O'Sullivan
ElectedHonorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy (HRHA)
Memorial(s)Plaque at The Grove on Morehampton Road, Dublin

Estella Francis Solomons (2 April 1882– 2 November 1968) was one of the leading Irish artists of her generation. She came from a prominent Dublin Jewish family.[1] She studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and the Chelsea School of Art.[2] She was a member of Cumann na mBan and was active during the revolutionary period.[3] She was noted for her portraits of contemporaries in the republican movement and her studio was a safe house during the War of Independence.[1] She married poet Seumas O'Sullivan, founder of The Dublin Magazine, and helped to support it financially.[4] The couple hosted regular salons in their home which attracted Irish artists, writers, politicians and intellectuals.[4] Solomons was a close friend of writer Kathleen Goodfellow, whom she met in Cumann na mBan and who was a patron of The Dublin Magazine.[3] Solomons was elected an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1966, having been an associate since 1925.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Portrait of a lady". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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  4. ^ a b Doran, Beatrice (2021). From the Grand Canal to the Dodder Illustrious Lives. Chicago: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-9640-2. OCLC 1237866001.
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