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- Birthplace: Republic of Ireland, Dublin
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
Born as Paul David Hewson on May 10, 1960, in Dublin, Ireland, the man who would later be known globally as Bono, is a true force of nature in both music and philanthropy. He is best recognized as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2, which was formed in 1976. The band, composed of Bono, The Edge (David Howell Evans), Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., has become one of the world's best-selling music artists, with albums such as The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby significantly influencing the global music scene. Bono's distinctive voice and passionate songwriting, often addressing political and social issues, have been instrumental in U2's enduring success. His lyrics often embody an exploration of personal themes, stemming from his Irish background and his deep-rooted Christian beliefs. Bono's commitment to his craft earned him numerous accolades including 22 Grammy Awards and a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 for his services to the music industry and his humanitarian work. Beyond his music, Bono is renowned for his philanthropic efforts. He co-founded DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) in 2002, an organization aimed at alleviating debt and preventing diseases in Africa. He also played a crucial role in the creation of the ONE Campaign and Product Red, which are dedicated to fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Bono's tireless activism and commitment to change have made him not just a rock icon, but also a leading figure in international human rights advocacy.More Bono
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- Francis Patrick Mary Browne, (3 January 1880 – 7 July 1960) was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best known photographs are those of the RMS Titanic and its passengers and crew taken shortly before its sinking in 1912. He was decorated as a military chaplain during the First World War.
- Scene in the Northwest: Portrait of John Henry Lefroy
- Birthplace: Republic of Ireland, Mallow, County Cork
- Nationality: Canada, Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Painting
Paul Kane (September 3, 1810 – February 20, 1871) was an Irish-born Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Columbia District. A largely self-educated artist, Paul Kane grew up in Toronto (then known as York) and trained himself by copying European masters on a "Grand Tour" study trip through Europe. He undertook two voyages through the Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848. The first trip took him from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie and back. Having secured the support of the Hudson's Bay Company, he set out on a second, much longer voyage from Toronto across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria. On both trips Kane sketched and painted First Nations and Métis peoples. Upon his return to Toronto, he produced more than one hundred oil paintings from these sketches. The oil paintings he completed in his studio are considered a part of the Canadian heritage, although he often embellished them considerably, departing from the accuracy of his field sketches in favour of more dramatic scenes. Kane's work followed the tenants of salvage ethnography. - Beautiful Victim, Mouse I, Head of a Child
- Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland, Austria
- Art Forms: Photography, Installation art, Painting
Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media. His work is concerned primarily with psychological and sociological anxiety, historical issues and political topics. His subject matter is the human condition. The metaphor for his art is dominated by the image of the child, particularly the wounded child, scarred physically and emotionally from within. His works often reference taboo and controversial issues from recent history, especially the Nazi rule and the horror of the Holocaust. As a result, his work is often considered provocative and controversial. Helnwein studied at the University of Visual Art in Vienna (Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien). He lives and works in Ireland and Los Angeles. Patrick Swift
Algarve Olive Tree, Algarve Harvester 'Blind Luis, Claire McAlister with blue thistles- Birthplace: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Ceramic art, Painting
Patrick Swift was an Irish painter who worked in Dublin, London and Algarve in southern Portugal.- The shepherdess-She walks-the lady of my delight-a shepherdess of sheep, Chambelina, La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- Birthplace: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Glass
Henry Patrick "Harry" Clarke (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement. - End of the Season, Men of Destiny
- Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Painting
John Butler Yeats RHA (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother. Butler's early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pictures are simple lyrical depictions of landscapes and figures, predominantly from the west of Ireland—especially of his boyhood home of Sligo. Yeats's work contains elements of Romanticism. - Robert "Bob" Carlos Clarke (24 June 1950 – 25 March 2006) was a British-Irish photographer who made erotic images of women as well as documentary, portrait and commercial photography.Carlos Clarke produced six books during his career: The Illustrated Delta of Venus (1980), Obsession (1981), The Dark Summer (1985), White Heat (1990), Shooting Sex (2002), Love Dolls Never Die (2004), and one DVD, Too Many Nights (2006). He is "often referred to as the British Helmut Newton". His work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
- A Family
- Birthplace: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Sculpture, Ceramic art, Painting, Printmaking, Tapestry
Louis le Brocquy ([lwi lə bʁɔki]; 10 November 1916 – 25 April 2012) was an Irish painter born in Dublin to Albert and Sybil le Brocquy. His work received many accolades in a career that spanned some seventy years of creative practice. In 1956, he represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale, winning the Premio Acquisito Internationale (a once-off award when the event was acquired by the Nestle Corporation) with A Family (National Gallery of Ireland), subsequently included in the historic exhibition Fifty Years of Modern Art Brussels, World Fair 1958. The same year he married the Irish painter Anne Madden and left London to work in the French Midi. Le Brocquy is widely acclaimed for his evocative "Portrait Heads" of literary figures and fellow artists, which include William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and his friends Samuel Beckett, Francis Bacon and Seamus Heaney, in recent years le Brocquy's early "Tinker" subjects and Grey period "Family" paintings, have attracted attention on the international marketplace placing le Brocquy within a very select group of British and Irish artists whose works have commanded prices in excess of £1 million during their lifetimes that include Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Frank Auerbach, and Francis Bacon.The artist's work is represented in numerous public collections from the Guggenheim, New York to the Tate Modern, London. In Ireland, he is honoured as the first and only painter to be included during his lifetime in the Permanent Irish Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland. Le Brocquy died on 25 April 2012 and was survived by his daughter Seyre from his first marriage (1938–1948) to Jean Stoney, and his two grandsons John-Paul and David; his second wife Anne Madden, and their two sons, Pierre and Alexis.le Brocquy designed the covers for the albums Lark in the Morning and The Rising of the Moon. - Kealan Patrick Burke (born in Dungarvan, Ireland) is an author. Some of his works include the novels Kin, Currency of Souls, Master of the Moors, and The Hides (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas The Turtle Boy (Bram Stoker Award Winner, 2004) and Vessels, and the collections Ravenous Ghosts, The Number 121 to Pennsylvania & Others, Theater Macabre and The Novellas. He has also appeared in a number of publications, including Postscripts, Cemetery Dance, Grave Tales, Shivers II, Shivers III, Shivers IV, Looking Glass, Masques V, Subterranean #1, Evermore, Inhuman, Horror World, Surreal Magazine, and Corpse Blossoms. Burke also edited the anthologies: Taverns of the Dead (recipient of a starred review in Publishers Weekly), Brimstone Turnpike, Quietly Now: A Tribute to Charles L. Grant (International Horror Guild Award Nominee, 2004), the charity anthology Tales from the Gorezone and Night Visions 12. An 8-minute short film based on his short story "Peekers" was written by author Rick Hautala, and was directed by Mark Steensland. A feature film adaptation is currently in development from Lionsgate Entertainment, written by Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard ("Oculus", "Soma") and produced by Lawrence Grey. In 2009 Burke played the lead in the Independent film "Slime City Massacre", alongside Debbie Rochon. Burke won Best Actor at the 2010 PollyGrind Film Festival with his portrayal of Cory.
Nano Reid
Old Town Walls, Spell of the wood, Bathing in the Dodder- Birthplace: Drogheda, Republic of Ireland
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
Nano Reid (1 March 1900 – 17 November 1981) was an Irish painter who specialised in landscape, figure painting and portraits.Thomas Hovenden
Thomas Hovenden (December 28, 1840 – August 14, 1895), was an Irish artist and teacher. He painted realistic quiet family scenes, narrative subjects and often depicted African Americans.James Arthur O'Connor
The Devil's Glen, County Wicklow, The Field of Waterloo- Birthplace: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Painting
James Arthur O'Connor (1792 – 7 January 1841) was an Irish painter.Rowan Gillespie
Ripples of Ulysses, G M Hopkins, Migrants- Birthplace: Blackrock, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Nationality: Republic of Ireland
- Art Forms: Sculpture
Rowan Fergus Meredith Gillespie (born 1953) is an Irish bronze casting sculptor of international renown. Born in Dublin to Irish parents, Gillespie spent his formative years in Cyprus.From conception to creation, he works alone in his purpose-built bronze casting foundry at Clonlea, in Blackrock. This is one of the things that make him unique among the bronze casting community.Influenced by the sculptor Henry Moore and the painter Edvard Munch, Gillespie uses the lost wax casting process to portray human emotions. Having worked almost exclusively on site specific art since 1996, Gillespie's public works can be found in his native Ireland, Europe, the United States and Canada.
Dermot Power
Dermot Power, originally from County Waterford, Ireland, is a movie concept artist who started his career as a comic book artist working for British anthology comic 2000 AD.Jonathan Fisher
Jonathan Fisher (c. 1740–1809) was an Irish painter. Fisher was born in Dublin. He is first recorded in 1763 when he was awarded a premium by the Dublin Society for a landscape. He is best known for his fine engravings and aquatints of Irish scenery. He travelled all over Ireland. He published views of Killarney in 1770 and 1789. He lived at Great Ship Street, Dublin, from about 1778 until 1805, when he moved to Bishop Street, Dublin, where he died in 1809.Susanna Drury
Susanna Drury, later Susanna Warter (c. 1698 – c. 1770) was an Irish painter. Though little is known of her life or work, she was very influential in the development of Irish landscape painting. She is chiefly noted for her watercolor drawings of the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, which brought international attention to the site.Cyril Helnwein
Cyril Helnwein is a photographer.
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