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Spring Garden Sir John LaveryImage Courtesy Ulster Museum collection

Another chance to see Lavery on location exhibition in Belfast

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Exploring the travels of Sir John Lavery, this exhibition is a wonderful collection of some of the artists finest paintings. Lavery on location is a collaboration between the National Gallery of Ireland , The Ulster Museum and the National Galleries of Scotland.
The exhibition takes us through Lavery’s extensive travels and is an uplifting and colourful journey into landscapes and people that Lavery met during his life.
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https://www.ulstermuseum.org/whats-on/lavery-location

painting of a girl reading a book sitting downImage Courtesy Ulster Museums Collection

New Lavery Exhibition at National Gallery of Ireland

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A new exhibition of the works of Belfast-born painter John Lavery is due to open at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin this Saturday.

John Lavery known for his portraits of famous people, the new exhibition shows his work had much broader range, with his painting from Tangiers and other more personal portraits of his family.

Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, Dr. Caroline Campbell explains:

“It focuses on the people, locations and sensations that John Lavery encountered in a life rich in travel and experience and shows a new dimension to the work of this much-loved painter.”

Find out more about the new Lavery exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland

 

New Designs for September 2023

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Kelly Cards have some exciting new designs for September 2023. The unofficial start of the Year brings some beautiful new images to Kelly Cards Irish greeting card range. All our cards are blank for your own message, and you can be sure that sending a Kelly Card will mean so much to you and the recipient of the card.
Marine ~ Roderic O’Conor is a wonderfully evocative image of the sea. A perfect card to send to any wild swimmer or water lover.
Kelly Cards Irish card designs a pleasure to send and a joy to receive.

Sunshine ~ Lavery

Sunshine ~ Sir John Lavery

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Sunshine ~ Sir John Lavery. This painting has so many shades of blue. The water looks inviting but at this time of year it’s cold! Kelly Cards Irish greeting cards every card is a work of Art.

Available from shops across the country or from our website.

https://www.nmni.com/story/sir-john-lavery-story

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Kelly Cards Showcase 2022

Showcase 2022

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Showcase 2022 in the RDS in Dublin. Kelly Cards exhibits our cards to Trade outlets in Ireland and abroad. A successful Trade Fair and more importantly after so long it was lovely to see so many of our Trade customers. Many thanks to everyone who was involved in organising Showcase, and to all the buyers who made the trip to Dublin.

James Joyce Portrait

Happy Bloomsday!

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Happy Bloomsday!

Happy Bloomsday to all Joycean scholars near and far. This portrait of James Joyce by Jacques Emile Blanche depicts Joyce seated relaxed, with his writing desk in the background. Befitting for this great modern writer the portrait is painted in the modern style. Joyce’s features and body shape are elongated to give a different view of the famous face. The painting s part of the National Gallery of Ireland’s collection.

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Bloomsday James Joyce ~ Jacques Emile Blanche

Blanche had little formal training but his portraits are beautifully executed in a very loose and fluid style. His Father a fashionable nerve specialist provided access for many of his famous sitters. Joyce appears calm with little facial expression. He is instantly recognisable with the trade mark glasses and small moustache. A fitting card to send this Bloomsday to any aspiring writer and lover of Leopold Bloom and the wonderful novel that is Ulysses.

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Card with blossoms

Blossoms

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Blossoms are appearing everywhere at the moment. What better reason to send a Kelly Card and tell someone how blooming wonderful they are. Padraig McCaul’s painting on Yonder Hill is a great match for these vibrant blossoms. Blank for your own message and suitable for any occasion. Every card is a work of Art.

two black and white greeting cards and a jug of tulips

Happy Easter

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Happy Easter. Many thanks to everyone who has bought our cards. Either from your local shop or directly from us on our website. Every time you buy Irish you are making a difference. Buy Irish and support a small business, you won’t be disappointed.

Dungloe County Donegal

Wilds of Donegal

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The Wilds of Donegal in Spring. This evocative painting of a Donegal scene near Dungloe is full of small detail. The two figures walking on the road bordered by stone walls. The small whitewashed cottages with smoke curling from the chimneys. The mountain towering over the whole scene is commanding. The light yellow and greens in the foreground of the painting emphasize the size and depth of the mountain that frames the scene.

James Humbert Craig was painting one hundred years ago and the scene near Dungloe does bear traces of another century. It is the Irish landscape that doesn’t change and the character of the Irish people. This card is full of Irish heritage and tradition a place for traditional music and turf fires. In the Wilds of Donegal the welcome is always mighty!

Kelly Cards every card is a work of Art. Blank for your own message suitable for any occasion. Order six or more cards from our web site and postage of free.

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a Farwell kiss at Dublin AirportImage Courtesy Irish Photo Archive

Valentines Day card

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With Valentines day just around the corner add a little romance and send this nostalgic card. Blank for your own special Valentines message this image is vintage and yet full of feeling and sentiment.