About the Artists Database

The NIVAL Artists Database has been compiled in order to improve public access to the Library's extensive information files on 20th century and contemporary Irish artists.  These files contain exhibition catalogues, newspaper cuttings and ephemera on over 3,500 artists born or based in Ireland.

The Artists Database is a reference resource providing basic biographical and work details on each artist abstracted from the information contained in the hard copy files held in the Library.  It is important to realise that the records are a summary of the information held in each artist's file.  A visit to NIVAL is recommended to researchers seeking a comprehensive view of the actual files.

Although we have endeavoured to ensure the information is correct, it is inevitable, given the diverse sources of information, that some inaccuracies may occur.  Changes and updates are made on an ongoing basis and the Library welcomes suggestions, criticism, and donations of relevant material.

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  • Reference Code:IE/NIVAL AR/2420
  • First Name: Nancy
  • Last Name: Wynne-Jones
  • Gender: Female
  • Date of Birth: 1922
  • Date of Death: 2006
  • Place of Birth: Wales
  • Nationality: British
  • Area Of Practice:
    • Painting
  • Artwork Type Technique:
    • Oil Painting
    • Drawings
    • Pastel
  • Abstract/Figurative: Abstract
  • Genre:
    • Landscape
  • Represented By: Taylor Galleries, Dublin
  • Public Art: No
  • Size: 20+
  • Manuscript Material: No
  • Physical Location: Artist Files Collection
  • Public Collection:
    • Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork.
    • University College Cork, Modern Art Collection.
    • Arts Council of Ireland.
    • AIB (Allied Irish Banks).
    • Bank of Ireland.
    • Other

other Info Source:

Artifact CD-ROM (1997) [database of contemporary Irish artists] Buckman's Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 (1998)

Awards

1994 Elected HRHA
1994 Awarded Fellowship Ballinglen Arts Foundation.
1996 Elected Member of Aosdana.

Bibliography

Heath, Adrian, The Probity of Art, Cardiff: Welsh Arts Council, 1980

Education

1950 Heatherly's, London.
1953 Chelsea College of Art, London.
1957 St. Peter's Loft, St. Ives, Cornwall.

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Notes

Wynne-Jones created animated energetic landscape paintings that draw inspiration from the landscape of Africa and the West Coast of Ireland. Her colourful imagery blends representation with abstraction. Wynne-Jones lived and painted under the guidance of Peter Lanyon in St. Ives, Cornwall from 1957-1962. She married sculptor Conor Fallon, brother of art critic Brian Fallon in 1965 and moved to Ireland in 1972. She exhibited extensively in group and solo shows. She was elected an honorary member of the RHA in 1994 and Aosdána in 1996. File contains newspaper clippings, press releases, catalogues and images of the artist's work.