US exhibition of work by 19th century Cork artist MacDonald

Des O’Sullivan reviews a forthcoming show of work by the artist who was brave enough to paint the Famine. 

US exhibition of work by 19th century Cork artist MacDonald

The Cork artist Daniel MacDonald is the focus of a landmark exhibition at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum in the US from January 20 to April 17.

In a catalogue note, the museum, at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, says MacDonald was the only Irish artist audacious enough to paint the Famine while it was happening.

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