Garret Morphey

Garret Morphey ("Garret Murphy") (c. 1650 – 1716) was an Irish painter.

Career

One of the earliest, if not the earliest, Irish painters, Morphey practised in Dublin. He was most likely a pupil of Gaspar Smitz, a Dutch painter who worked in Ireland. [Aspects of Irish Art. National Gallery of Ireland. Cahill & Co. 1974. Pg 110. Retrieved Mar. 18, 2008.] He painted portraits, genre scenes and landscapes based on the Dutch style of Constantine and Gaspar Netscher and Adriaen van der Werff. He painted for established Catholic families and newer Protestant families. [ [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/m/Morphey,G/life.htm] Morphey at Princess Grace Irish Library. Retrieved Sep. 30, 2007.]

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