Animalistic Ireland
Michael Angelo Hayes was an Irish animal and battle painter.
Hayes became best known for large-scale war scenes such as The Lancers Breaking the Square at Aliwal (1846) and The Attack of the Light Dragoons at the Battle of Muddy (1847), where he was able to convey his fascination with depicting the horse in motion.
Hayes spent many years studying with scientific pedantry the movements of the horse in a gallop and eventually published a pamphlet. His work in this area brought significant changes to the technique of depicting horses in painting, which was the subject of much controversy in the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes's innovation made it possible to convey a sense of movement and speed on canvas.
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh was an Irish painter. He is known for his painting landscapes, seascapes, rural scenes in Ireland, France and Belgium and occasional portraits. He particularly was inspired by the landscape in and around Dublin. Kavanagh first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1875. In September 1881 he won the Albert Scholarship. On a trip to Brittany in 1883, he met up with a host of other young artists all of whom were influenced by the plein air naturalism of Jules Bastien-Lepage. In 1890, he published in Dublin a series of prints from etchings he created of landscape scenes from Mont St. Michel, Bruges and of "A Metallurgist" which were acquired by the British Museum in 1902. During the 1890s, he resided in Clontarf and painted numerous views around Howth and its environs, many aspects of Dublin Bay and his famous views on the sands of Portrane, Sutton, Portmarnock, Merrion and the North Bull. Another related group entails views taken along Dublin’s riverbanks.
Arthur Karl Maderson is an Irish impressionist painter.
Arthur Maderson studied at Camberwell School of Art (London) and regularly exhibits at the Royal Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy. In painting, Maderson uses the same principles as Claude Monet and other French Impressionists. He paints beach scenes, landscapes and figurative compositions.
The artist has also written numerous articles for magazines, as well as for the Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques and other art history publications.
