Estella Francis Solomons | |
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Born | 2 April 1882 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 2 November 1968 Dublin, Ireland |
Resting place | Woodtown Cemetery |
Education | Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, Chelsea School of Art |
Known for | Painting, portraiture, etching, print-making |
Notable work | Portrait of a Woman; Portrait of Jack B Yeats; Woman in a Red Tie; Portrait of Alice Milligan; On Parole |
Spouse | Seumas O'Sullivan |
Elected | Honorary 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]
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