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11th March - 17th March | 15:00 -

Art Exhibition by Gertrude Degenhardt at The Kenny Gallery

A collection of 40 original paintings and graphics by renowned German artist Gertrude Degenhardt, will open at The Kenny Gallery in Liosbán on February 11th. The exhibition will run until St. Patrick’s Day in the gallery and online.

The show, entitled Flying Melodies, features new and retrospective works and is something of a Greatest Hits, featuring many images which will be well known to Irish fans of the artist.

Gertrude Degenhardt is one of Germany’s leading painters and graphic artists. She first came to Ireland in the early 1970s when she was commissioned to prepare some illustrations for a German edition of a book of short stories by Liam O’Flaherty. She has produced a number of exhibitions for the Kenny Gallery over the years, including Women in Music – a series of some seventy images of female musicians, Vagabondage, And Passes By, Paradise Lost, Dancing Couples and It’s About Time.

Gertrude Degenhardt is a keen observer of people. Song and wine are frequent features of her work, as are revolution, vagabonds, dance, musicians, tramps, Ireland, and Martin Degenhardt, her late husband. Her ink, pencil lines, or graphic motifs sing, and her gouache or tempera application is always distinctive, purposeful, direct, lyrical and above all, beautiful.

Flying Melodies will be officially opened by music legend Frankie Gavin at 3pm on Saturday, February 11th at The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park. All are welcome to the opening.

The exhibition will run daily (9am-5pm, Monday to Saturday) in The Kenny Gallery and online.

Feature photo: Gertrude Degenhardt’s ‘Eat, Drink and be Merry’

Event Date
11th March 2023 - 17th March 2023
Event Time
15:00 -
Event Category
Art
Venue
The Kenny Gallery
Location
Liosbán Retail Park
Event Address
Liosban Business Park,
Tuam Rd,
Galway City
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Ticket Price
free
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