art.wikisort.org - Researcher

Dorothy Walker (16 January 1929 – 8 December 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstract modernism in Ireland.

Dorothy Walker
Born	Dorothy Cole (1929-01-16)16 January 1929 Dublin, Ireland
Died	8 December 2002(2002-12-08) (aged 73) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Art Critic
Nationality	Irish

Life and career

Born Dorothy Cole in Dublin in 1929 to the owner of a fruit and vegetable business, living in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, and educated in the Dominican Convent Wicklow and École du Louvre in Paris she was a co-founder of the occasion modern art exhibition Rosc and a board member and even an interim director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was married to architect Robin Walker with whom she had five children.[1] After her death the museum held an exhibition in her honour, featuring work by artists, such as Patrick Scott and Sean Scully who she particularly favoured. Her books include a rare but much admired discussion of contemporary Irish art.[2][3]

Bibliography

• (1997) Modern art in Ireland. Dublin: Liliput, ISBN 1-874675-96-1
• Michael Scott, Architect in (casual) conversation with Dorothy Walker (Kinsale: Gandon Editions 1995)
• Without the Walls: John Aiken, James Coleman, Felim Egan, Brian King, Ciaran Lennon, Alanna O'Kelly, Michael O’Sullivan, Nigel Rolfe, Noel Sheridan [ICA Main Gallery, The Mall, London SW1, 16 Feb.-16 March 1980; A Sense of Ireland Ser.] (London: ICA 1980)

References

Sources

• Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith (2003) Dorothy Walker 1929-2002. CIRCA 103.

---