GIBSON BEQUEST SUB-COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION
Cork Committee
‘…A letter was received from Mr. T. A. Conroy, hon. secretary Cork Camera and Field Club, U.C.C. [University College Cork], dated 7th inst., for the use of the dark room, School of Art, an accommodation that the club previously enjoyed. On the motion of the Lord Mayor [Councillor S. French], seconded by Mr. Neenan, the committee agreed to support the recommendations….’
‘…The following appeared on the agenda: - “Gibson Bequest – To consider minutes of the Gibson Bequest of 5th April, recommending the following purchases: (a) ‘Off the Donegal Coast’ by Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A. price, £231 (b) Various works by Mr. H. Clarke, R.H.A. as detailed, of total cost £133 17s 0d.”
A discussion arose as to the cause of the postponement of a decision in the case of a picture “Men of the South” by Mr. Keating. Mr. [J.J.] O’Connor said the matter had been postponed because a large sum of money was involved, and they wanted a larger meeting of the Gibson Bequest Sub-Committee. After some discussion, Mr. Corkery said the picture had been approved by their experts as a work of art.
The Chairman [Mr. A. F. Sharman Crawford] said he did not like the subject of the picture. The Lord Mayor said he could understand the Chairman’s view and admire its consistency, although he could not agree with it. The picture recalled a day when Ireland had an army in which the great proportion of the nation had confidence. It was a work of art and to him had the additional value of being a monument to those men who had sacrificed so much, some even their lives, for their country. He would be in favour of purchasing it.
It was eventually agreed on the motion of the Lord Mayor, seconded by Mr. Daly to refer the whole minutes back to a special meeting of the [Gibson Bequest] Sub-Committee.’
(Extract from Cork Examiner, 15 April 1924, p6)
Monday 20 November / Thursday 30 November 1922
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