Dr Lauren Arrington: Art, Empire, and Revolution: the Lives of Constance and Casimir Markievicz
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| Description: | Constance Markievicz (nee Gore-Booth, 1868-1927), was born to the privileged Protestant upper class in the west of Ireland. She embraced suffrage and then scandal as she left the Slade School of Art in London for a bohemian life in a Parisian atelier. There she met Casimir Dunin Markievicz (1874-1932), becoming part of a local avant-garde, which had the painter and mystic, George Russell (AE) at its centre. The Markievices took a prominent role in anti-imperial debates that not only related to Constance’s home country but also Casimir’s native Poland during World War One and to the post –War Irish republican movement. |
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| Created: | 2013-03-14 09:43 |
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| Collection: |
Humanities Society
Wolfson College Humanities Society |
| Publisher: | Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Dr Lauren Arrington |
| Language: | eng (English) |