When Time Began to Rant and Rage Figurative Painting from Twentieth-century Ireland

Exciting art has indeed been produced in Ireland during the last hundred years, but its full range has seldom been appreciated and there has been little attempt to take stock. This book offers both a broad survey and some brilliant samples of Irish painting, discussing not only style but content, particularly where it has a bearing on national identity. This book is richly illustrated with 80 colour and a further 100 black-and-white reproduction of a fascinating range of art, from decorative, melancholy or robust to uncomfortable, sardonic and humorous.