tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post8037939137778252828..comments2024-03-28T15:08:55.350-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: William John Leech: Irish Painter in BrittanyDonald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-29402601637305930572022-07-29T07:31:35.234-07:002022-07-29T07:31:35.234-07:00Chloe has just found it herself, tickled pink Jerr...Chloe has just found it herself, tickled pink Jerry 👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-46183144560896808422017-08-30T11:00:50.135-07:002017-08-30T11:00:50.135-07:00The top painting-Chloe Abbott-Is my Mum!The top painting-Chloe Abbott-Is my Mum!funkymonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617023253634288426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-81977111152554478762014-02-24T13:40:03.904-08:002014-02-24T13:40:03.904-08:00Nancy -- I had better luck in 2012, seeing several...Nancy -- I had better luck in 2012, seeing several Leech paintings there, which is why I assembled this post.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-72910080917495232372014-02-23T14:25:27.918-08:002014-02-23T14:25:27.918-08:00The Sunshade is in the National Gallery in Dublin....The Sunshade is in the National Gallery in Dublin. We visited last summer, I was disappointed that it was being renovated and so much was not on display, but The Sunshade was so that made it all worthwhile!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09893744779151388931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-79522178919199176522014-02-01T16:43:29.439-08:002014-02-01T16:43:29.439-08:00Leech has always been one of my favourite painters...Leech has always been one of my favourite painters. I fell in love with his wife Elizabeth when I was a child and would return again and again to see her portrait with the sunshade, in the Hugh Lane gallery. I think it is now in the National Gallery, in Dublin. <br /><br />It's remarkable the difference in his work after they split up. Perhaps it was also France but a country can be returned to with greater ease than a relationship. Tom J. Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047108994309727037noreply@blogger.com