Ireland-inspired art by Lucian Freud and John Lavery comes into the spotlight

Work by John Lavery and Lucian Freud takes centre stage in Dublin and London

Evening Tangiers by John Lavery. 

Lucian Freud's Donegal Man and John Lavery's travels are thrust into the spotlight this week. The two artists might seem poles apart artistically but each was influenced by Ireland and the Irish.

Freud's Profile Donegal Man will be offered by Dickinson at Frieze in London next week with a price tag of £15 million (€17.28 million). Lavery on Location opens in Dublin on Saturday as the highlight of the autumn programme at the National Gallery.