Thomas Roberts (1748-1777)
‘A View of Ballyshannon, County Donegal’
Photo (c) National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland
Thomas Roberts at the National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland presents an exhibition of over 50 works dedicated to Waterford-born artist, Thomas Roberts (1748-1777), regarded as the finest Irish landscape painter of the eighteenth century
28 March – 28 June 2009
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Roberts was a supreme technician, but also an artist with enormous sensitivity. His work ranges fromtopographical views of some of Ireland’s most celebrated and picturesque locations,to idealised landscapes, dramatic storm scenes and series of views of some ofIreland’s finest demesnes (Carton, Lucan, Dartry). He painted views in Dublin,Wicklow, Meath, and all along the length of Lough Erne, from Belturbet toBallyshannon. Each work displays the artist’s deftness and sureness of touch, and anextraordinary skill in the description of natural detail.
His landscapes are distinctly Irish in character, perhaps because, having trained at the DublinSociety’s School, he spent the vast majority of his short working life in Ireland.There has not been a major exhibition of his work since 1978 when the Gallerycelebrated the bicentenary of his death, so this exhibition is a wonderfulopportunity to review this Irish artist of exceptional ability
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