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Moynan, born in Dublin in 1856, studied at the Metropolitan School from
1883, and was a contemporary of Roderic O'Conor.
He and O'Conor entered the Academy in Antwerp in October 1883, where they
were taught by Verlat. He remained at the Academy until 1885, when he moved
to Paris. He returned to Dublin during the late 1880's, where he exhibited
pictures with French titles.
| Girls Reading A Newspaper, 1885 |
Probably painted when he was at Antwerp, Moynan's genre scene
is most likely more typical of the Antwerp 'house style' than pictures by
Osborne, Kavanagh
and others, showing an enclosed room, full of objects rendered with great
detail and attention to different textures. The charming girls, the older
girl with pursed mouth reading to the younger child who places her hand
on her shoulder, also places Moynan in the Victorian story-telling tradition. |
| Killiney Sands, 1894 | Military Maneuvers | |
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| The Last of the 24th, Isandula
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