The Rape of the Sabines (study for) - Robert Ballagh

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Robert Ballagh, b.1943

Robert Ballagh is an Irish painter and designer credited with the introduction of Pop Art to Ireland. His milieu encompasses set design, the final series of Irish Punt banknotes, commemorative stamps and portraits of Irish literary, historical and establishment figures. He represented Ireland at the 1969 Paris Biennale and his paintings are held in several public collections. Ballagh is a member of Aosdána and the president of the Ireland Institute for Historical and Cultural Studies.

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Medium	Gouache on paper
Dimensions	Unframed
Credit Line	IMMA Collection: Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Item Number	IMMA.127 GL
Copyright	For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
Tags	1970 Robert Ballagh

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Artworks by Robert Ballagh

The Robert Ballagh Monograph Robert Ballagh 2010

Pei Architecture Robert Ballagh 1980

Not Again Robert Ballagh 1979

Homage to Bernadette Greevy (commissioned by G. Lambert, 1977) Robert Ballagh 1978

Oh Mona! Robert Ballagh 1977

Stamps (to celebrate 50th anniversary of the founding of the ESB) Robert Ballagh 1977

Portrait of Ian Baird holding a drawing of his wife Beatrice Robert Ballagh 1977

Northern Ireland, the 1,500th Victim Robert Ballagh 1976

Screen for Gordon Lambert (commissioned by Gordon Lambert) Robert Ballagh 1976

People and a Morris Louis Robert Ballagh 1975

Man with a Frank Stella Robert Ballagh 1974

Two Men and a Lichtenstein Robert Ballagh 1974

Family (Winter in Ronda) Robert Ballagh 1974

Portrait of David Hendriks Robert Ballagh 1972

Portrait of Gordon Lambert (commissioned by Gordon Lambert) Robert Ballagh 1972

Liquorice Allsorts Robert Ballagh 1971

Man Looking at a Fontana Robert Ballagh 1971

Homage à David/ Tribute to Jacques Louis David Robert Ballagh 1970

Liberty on the Barricades (After Delacroix) Robert Ballagh 1969 - 1970

Marchers Robert Ballagh 1968