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Sir Basil Goulding One Man’s Meat

Michelle Sheila MacDonagh
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Painting, Mixed Media, Sculpture and Drawing
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

The aim of this dissertation is to consider the role of Sir Basil Goulding Bart as a important art collector among a minority of figures engaged in the heart of emerging contemporary art in Ireland in the twentieth century. It would appear that he has not been studied in Ireland in the twentieth century. This is surprising given his position as a prominent, steady and consistent patron of artists working in Ireland and his own remarkably broad collection. This dissertation explores Basil Goulding’s untiring contribution to public life as well as his theories on collecting and philosophies of modern art, His exemplary arts patronage and his exceptional personal art collection will also be evaluated. He was a figure engaged in modern Irish art who deserves recognition for the important part he played.

Irish Georgian Society

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Sir Basil Goulding One Man’s Meat