100 YEARS OF GIVING – The Friends of the National Collections of Ireland (FNCI)

15 February – 7 April 2024

Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick

We are delighted to collaborate with Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA) on 100 YEARS OF GIVING, an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland (FNCI).

Formed in 1924 by the artist Sarah Purser and a group of friends, FNCI is a charitable body whose continued purpose is to acquire works of art and objects of historical interest, and to donate them to national and regional art galleries and museums throughout Ireland for the education and enjoyment of the public. As part of its remit, FNCI also advises on and administers gifts and bequests.

Alongside works from LCGA’s own collection, 100 YEARS OF GIVING features 28 works on loan from Crawford Art Gallery. All of these were either presented by, or co-purchased with the FNCI between 1955 and 2012, and include masterpieces by James Barry, Daniel Maclise, and Mainie Jellett.

Crawford Art Gallery wishes to thank Úna McCarthy, Siobhan O’Reilly, and the LCGA team.

100 YEARS OF GIVING runs 15 February – 7 April 2024 at Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Featured Artworks:

• James Barry, Portraits of Barry and Burke in the Characters of Ulysses and his Companion Fleeing from the Cave of Polyphemus, c.1776.
• James Brenan, Patchwork, 1891.
• James Brenan, Words of Counsel, 1876.
• Jan Brueghel the Younger, Country Scene with Wagon, undated.
• Sylvia Cooke-Collis, Cahirmee Fair, undated.
• Sylvia Cooke-Collis, Festival Scene, undated.
• Sylvia Cooke-Collis, Glencar Trees, undated.
• Sylvia Cooke-Collis, Still-Life with Chinese Mandarin, undated.
• Harry Phelan Gibb, Horses in Twilight, 1933.
• Evie Hone, Seated Figure, c.1940.
• Evie Hone, At Glen Cormac, Co. Wicklow, undated.
• Nathaniel Hone, Study: Ship at Anchor, undated.
• Mainie Jellett, Abstract Composition, c.1935.
• Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, Woodland Pastures, c.1890.
• Daniel Maclise, Crucifixion (sketch), undated.
• Daniel Maclise, The Falconer, 1853.
• Daniel Maclise, Lear and Cordelia, c.1843.
• Daniel Maclise, Study for Seated Gentleman, undated.
• Daniel Maclise, Study for Seated Gentleman (possibly Sir Walter Scott), undated.
• Daniel Maclise, Portrait of Lady Blessington, undated.
• William Otway McCannell, The Throne of the Gods and this Strange World, c.1927.
• Norah McGuinness, New York Harbour, c.1945.
• William Mulready, Landscape with Farm Buildings, undated.
• Mervyn Peake, Head of a Girl, 1950.
• Nano Reid, Ansty, c.1950.
• George Russell, Portrait of Ruth Lane (Mrs. Shine), c.1903.
• George Sharp, Old Man Praying, undated.
• Anne S. King-Harman, Snow in Wicklow, undated.

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