George Francis Mulvany

George Francis Mulvany

George Francis Mulvany (1809 – 1869) was an Irish painter.

Biography

George Francis Mulvany was the son of Thomas James Mulvany, a painter and the RHA's keeper.

George Francis Mulvany studied at the Academy school and would first exhibit there in 1827. In 1835 he became a member of the RHA, and took over as keeper upon his father's death in 1845. Mulvany became the first director of the National Gallery of Ireland in 1862. [ [http://www.whytes.ie/Biographies/BiogsMP.htm#preager] Mulvany at Whytes Irish Art. Retrieved Oct. 03, 2007.]

References

Bibliography

*Hutchinson, John."James Arthur O'Connor." Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985. ISBN 0-903162-28-8.


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