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SUMMARY:Nativity Window - Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories–Autumn 2025
DESCRIPTION:Artist and art teacher  ine Andrews returns with another series of lectures on Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. In each lecture\,  ine will focus on a particular painting to recount its history\, as well as that of the artist and their story.\n\nThe lectures can be attended as a series\, but are also designed as standalone talks\, which can be attended individually.\n\nWeek 6: Nativity Window\n\nEvie Hone\, 1944\n\nManresa   Jesuit Centre of Spirituality Dublin\n\nEvie Hone's Nativity has been widely reproduced\, often as a Christmas card\, but the history of the commission has only recently been fully documented.\n\nThe Nativity was the first part of a suite of five windows commissioned in 1944\, for the small chapel used by the community of St Stanislaus College at the Jesuit novitiate at Tullybeg Co Offaly.\n\nEvie Hone was born into an established Anglo-Irish family but the age of eleven she contracted polio which resulted in several operations and a lifelong disability.\n\nUndeterred\, however\, she embarked on a career in art\, initially in painting with her great friend Mainie Jellett before joining An T r Gloine to devote herself entirely to working in stained glass.\n\nIn the 1990s\, the Nativity and the other four windows were permanently moved to Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality in Dollymount\, Dublin\, where they can be seen today.\n\n\n1. Tues 28 October\n\nPortrait of Hugh Lane by John Singer Sargent   Dublin City Gallery\, The Hugh Lane Dublin\n\n2. Tues 4 November\n\nThe Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso   Tate Gallery London\n\n3. Tues 18 November\n\nStill Life with Cheeses\, Almonds and Pretzels by Clara Peeters   The Mauritshuis the Hague\n\n4. Tues 25 November\n\nThe Birth of Venus by Botticelli   Uffizi Gallery Florence\n\n5. Tues 2 December\n\nThe Taking of Christ by Caravaggio   National Gallery of Ireland Dublin\n\n6. Tues 9 December\n\nNativity Window by Evie Hone   Manresa   Jesuit Centre of Spirituality Dublin
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Artist and art teacher &Aacute\;ine Andrews returns with another series of lectures on Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. In each lecture\, &Aacute\;ine will focus on a particular painting to recount its history\, as well as that of the artist and their story.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The lectures can be attended as a series\, but are also designed as standalone talks\, which can be attended individually.</span></span></p>\n\n<h3><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Week 6:&nbsp\;Nativity Window</span></span></h3>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Evie Hone\, 1944</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Manresa &ndash\;&nbsp\;Jesuit Centre of Spirituality Dublin</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Evie Hone&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;<em>Nativity</em>&nbsp\;has been widely reproduced\, often as a Christmas card\, but the history of the commission has only recently been fully documented.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><em>The Nativity</em>&nbsp\;was the first part of a suite of five windows commissioned in 1944\, for the small chapel used by the community of St Stanislaus College at the Jesuit novitiate at Tullybeg Co Offaly.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Evie Hone was born into an established Anglo-Irish family but the age of eleven she contracted polio which resulted in several operations and a lifelong disability.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Undeterred\, however\, she embarked on a career in art\, initially in painting with her great friend Mainie Jellett before joining An T&uacute\;r Gloine to devote herself entirely to working in stained glass.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">In the 1990s\, the&nbsp\;<em>Nativity</em>&nbsp\;and the other four windows were permanently moved to Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality in Dollymount\, Dublin\, where they can be seen today.</span></span></p>\n\n<hr />\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">1. Tues 28 October<br />\n<strong><a href="https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/1-portrait-of-hugh-lane/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(172\, 61\, 159)\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: 0.2s ease-in-out\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Portrait of Hugh Lane by John Singer Sargent</span></a></strong>&nbsp\;&ndash\; Dublin City Gallery\, The Hugh Lane Dublin</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">2. Tues 4 November<br />\n<strong><a href="https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/1-the-weeping-woman/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(172\, 61\, 159)\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: 0.2s ease-in-out\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">The Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso</span></a></strong>&nbsp\;&ndash\;&nbsp\;Tate Gallery London</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">3. Tues 18 November<br />\n<strong><a href="https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/3-still-life-with-cheeses-almonds-and-pretzels/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(172\, 61\, 159)\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: 0.2s ease-in-out\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Still Life with Cheeses\, Almonds and Pretzels&nbsp\;by&nbsp\;Clara Peeters</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000000\;">&nbsp\;</span>&ndash\;&nbsp\;The Mauritshuis the Hague</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">4. Tues 25 November<br />\n<strong><a href="https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/4-the-birth-of-venus/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(172\, 61\, 159)\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: 0.2s ease-in-out\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">The Birth of Venus&nbsp\;by&nbsp\;Botticelli&nbsp\;</span></a></strong>&ndash\;&nbsp\;Uffizi Gallery Florence</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">5. Tues&nbsp\;2 December<br />\n<strong><a href="https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/5-the-taking-of-christ/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(172\, 61\, 159)\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: 0.2s ease-in-out\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio&nbsp\;</span></a></strong>&ndash\;&nbsp\;National Gallery of Ireland Dublin</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">6. Tues 9 December<br />\n<strong><a href="https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/6-nativity-window/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(172\, 61\, 159)\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition: 0.2s ease-in-out\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Nativity Window by Evie Hone</span></a>&nbsp\;</strong>&ndash\;&nbsp\;Manresa &ndash\;&nbsp\;Jesuit Centre of Spirituality Dublin</span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Triskel Arts Centre\, Tobin Street\, Cork City
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URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/nativity-window-famous-paintings-and-their-hidden-histories-autumn-2025-35162
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