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100 1 $aFerran, Denise.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92093400
245 10 $aWilliam John Leech :$ban Irish painter abroad /$cDenise Ferran.
260 $aLondon :$bMerrell Holberton in association with the National Gallery of Ireland,$c1996.
300 $a312 pages :$billustrations (some color), portraits ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aThis book accompanies the exhibition William John Leech: an Irish Painter Abroad at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 23 October 1996-15 December 1996 ; Musee des Beaux Arts, Quimper, 10 January-10 March 1997 ; The Ulster Museum, Belfast, 28 March-22 June 1997--T. p. verso.
520 $aBorn in Dublin in 1881, William John Leech considered himself an Irish painter although most of his career was spent abroad. He completed his training at the Academie Julian in Paris and painted in Brittany from 1903. While his early interior views and portraits reflect the tonal influence of Whistler, about 1910 he began to use a brighter, Post-impressionist palette. The later Brittany canvases are flooded with light and colour.
520 8 $aDuring this period, his first wife Elizabeth Kerlin was the model in a number of exciting and experimental works such as Convent Garden, Brittany (National Gallery of Ireland). After the First World War, Leech divided his time between London and the South of France, travelling with his companion and later wife May Botterell. In the tradition of the 'Irish Impressionists' he was fascinated by the treatment of light in French painting, though he continued to explore different styles through his career. Leech painted portraits, landscapes and still lifes, including remarkable self-portraits, interiors and luxuriant aloes.
520 8 $aThroughout his life he regularly exhibited in Ireland and England. The majority of his paintings are still in private hands and little known. This retrospective catalogue documents his reclusive life and confirms his place as a major Irish artist.
600 10 $aLeech, William John,$d1881-1968.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92093401
700 1 $aLeech, William John,$d1881-1968.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92093401
710 2 $aNational Gallery of Ireland.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50027610
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