Frances Kelly | |
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Born | Frances Josephine Kelly 14 February 1908 |
Died | 20 August 2002 Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland | (aged 94)
Nationality | Irish |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | |
Children | 5; including Eavan Boland |
Frances Josephine Kelly (14 February 1908 – 2002; usually known as Judy Boland), was an Irish painter.[1][2][3][4] She is known for being the wife of Frederick Boland, an Irish diplomat who served as the United Nations representative for Ireland. By the age of twenty seven, when she married, she had attained prominence as a painter.[5]
Cover image: a portrait of Eavan Boland as a child, by her mother, the painter Frances Kelly (1908–2002).