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works, with an entire gallery dedicated to Jack Yeats. Many of his early paintings illustrate
scenes of his beloved Sligo. His later paintings are more expressionistic in style and patri-
otic in subject matter.
Henry's paintings depict the rugged beauty of the Connemara region and its people,
with scenes of rustic cottages, mountains, and boglands. Keating, the most political of the
three painters, featured stirring scenes from Ireland's struggle against the English for inde-
pendence.
Contemporary Irish art is often linked to the social, political, and environmental issues
that face Ireland today. Themes include the position of the Church in the daily lives of the
modern Irish, the effects of development on the countryside, the changing roles of women
in Ireland, and the Troubles. Look for this provocative art at the Irish Museum of Modern
Art in Dublin (on Military Road,
www.imma.ie
) and at city galleries.
Today's Irish respect the artistic process, so much so that a provision in the tax system
in the Republic of Ireland allows income from art sales to go untaxed. This is one reason
many artists immigrate to Ireland.
