the hugh lane gallery

The Hugh Lane Art Gallery is located in Charlemont House on Parnell Square and is one of Dublin's major attractions. Charlemont House was designed by Sir William Chambers, who also designed the Casino at Marino.
The gallery was founded by Sir Hugh Lane in 1908, who was an avid collector of impressionist art. His attempts to donate his collection to the city of Dublin, at the turn of the century were met with indifference and little effort was made to raise the money for the gallery. It was this indifference that inspired Yeats to write his scathing poem, "September 1913."
Hugh Lane died in 1917, he was a passenger on the Lusitania, which sank off the coast of Cork. In an unsigned codicil in his will he left thirty-nine paintings to Dublin, which led to a legal battle between the Tate Gallery, London, and the Hugh Lane. A compromise was reached and the Hugh Lane has been loaned some of these paintings by the Tate, at various times. Among the Irish painters, there are works by Jack B.