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Irene Broe (1923 – 1992) was an Irish sculptor.

Irene Broe
Born	1923 Dublin, Ireland
Died	1992 (aged 68–69) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Sculptor

Life

Her father, Leo, was a sculptor, with the family sculpting business run from a premises in Harold's Cross, Dublin.[1] Her brother, Desmond, was also a sculptor.[2] Broe attended the National College of Art and Design, studying sculpture and graduating in 1951.[3]

Among her notable pieces are heads of Donagh O'Malley (1968)[4][5] and Arland Ussher (1978).[6] Her work was exhibited alongside her brother and father, as well as May Power, at the 1955 Institute of the Sculptors of Ireland exhibition in the Hugh Lane Gallery.[7] She spent a period of time in Malaysia, where she sculpted the head of the prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman. She exhibited this piece in 1964 at the New York World Fair. A statue of St Clare by Broe can be seen in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin.[3]

Her statue of St Valentine at the shrine at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, Dublin is possibly her best known work.[8][9][10]

References

External links

• Episode of the Three Castles Burning podcast which discusses Broe

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