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Hilary Heron BIOGRAPHY
1923 - 1977. Known for: Sculpture.
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Hilary Heron was born in Dublin and spent her childhood in New Ross, County Wexford, and Coleraine, County Derry. She was educated privately at home and at Ivory's one-teacher school in New Ross. She... Read full biography
Hilary Heron was born in Dublin and spent her childhood in New Ross, County Wexford, and Coleraine, County Derry. She was educated privately at home and at Ivory's one-teacher school in New Ross. She attended the National College of Art, Dublin, where she won three Taylor Prizes from the Royal... Read full biography
Hilary Heron was born in Dublin and spent her childhood in New Ross, County Wexford, and Coleraine, County Derry. She was educated privately at home and at Ivory's one-teacher school in New Ross. She attended the National College of Art, Dublin, where she won three Taylor Prizes from the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). For sculpture in wood, limestone and marble she was awarded the first Mainie Jellett Memorial Traveling Scholarship in 1947. In the same year, she went to Italy and France to study... Read full biography
Hilary Heron was born in Dublin and spent her childhood in New Ross, County Wexford, and Coleraine, County Derry. She was educated privately at home and at Ivory's one-teacher school in New Ross. She attended the National College of Art, Dublin, where she won three Taylor Prizes from the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). For sculpture in wood, limestone and marble she was awarded the first Mainie Jellett Memorial Traveling Scholarship in 1947. In the same year, she went to Italy and France to study Romanesque carving. She was instrumental in founding the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, and first exhibited there in 1943. With Louis le Brocquy, she represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In 1950 and 1953 she held two solo exhibitions... Read full biography
Hilary Heron was born in Dublin and spent her childhood in New Ross, County Wexford, and Coleraine, County Derry. She was educated privately at home and at Ivory's one-teacher school in New Ross. She attended the National College of Art, Dublin, where she won three Taylor Prizes from the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). For sculpture in wood, limestone and marble she was awarded the first Mainie Jellett Memorial Traveling Scholarship in 1947. In the same year, she went to Italy and France to study Romanesque carving. She was instrumental in founding the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, and first exhibited there in 1943. With Louis le Brocquy, she represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In 1950 and 1953 she held two solo exhibitions in Dublin at the Waddington Gallery. In the 1950s she began to work in met... Read full biography
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Hilary Heron was born in Dublin and spent her childhood in New Ross, County Wexford, and Coleraine, County Derry. She was educated privately at home and at Ivory's one-teacher school in New Ross. She attended the National College of Art, Dublin, where she won three Taylor Prizes from the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). For sculpture in wood, limestone and marble she was awarded the first Mainie Jellett Memorial Traveling Scholarship in 1947. In the same year, she went to Italy and France to study Romanesque carving.
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