Touring & Sharing

CASIMIR MARKIEVICZ: A Polish Artist in Bohemian Dublin (1903-1913)
22 April – 14 September 2025
State Apartments, Dublin Castle

Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to loan Russian Cottage (1909) by Casimir Dunin-Markievicz to a major new exhibition celebrating his legacy.

In Ireland, the name ‘Markievicz’ immediately conjures the figure of Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary heroine. For the first time, this exhibition explores the artistic life and work of her Polish husband, Casimir Dunin-Markievicz (1874-1932) – painter, playwright, and larger-than-life personality – and his place in Dublin’s bohemian circles on the eve of the Revolution.

Casimir’s contemporaries included W. B. Yeats, George Russell (Æ), William Orpen, Hugh Lane, and Beatrice Elvery: this exhibition offers rarely-seen depictions of and by these luminaries of the Irish Revival.

Presented in the State Apartments at Dublin Castle, over 80 artworks and artefacts have been loaned from major state collections including the National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Hugh Lane Gallery, Crawford Art Gallery, The Model, and the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland; as well as from private lenders including Lissadell House, United Arts Club, Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, and the family of Irish radical Thomas MacDonagh.

Curated by Emily Mark-FitzGerald and Kathryn Milligan, the exhibition also explores links between Ireland, Poland, and Ukraine (where Casimir’s family lived). Displayed in the galleries are unique photographs of Ukraine’s lands and people taken by Constance, and paintings of its countryside made by both, on special loan from Casimir Markievicz’s relatives in Poland. Many of these have not been seen in Ireland for more than a century.

This project, organised to celebrate Poland’s Presidency of the EU Council, is a joint initiative of the Office of Public Works and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

Crawford Art Gallery wishes to thank and congratulate Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Kathryn Milligan, William Derham, the OPW team at Dublin Castle, and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin.

Featured artwork:

• Casimir Dunin-Markievicz, Russian Cottage, 1909.

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