Ms. Ruth Sheehy

Professor
religious art
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Biography

My principal research interests have been in religious art in Ireland in the twentieth century. In particular, I have worked extensively on the oeuvre of the Irish artist Richard King (1907-74) who was originally a pupil of Harry Clarke (1889-1931). My study of King’s work has incorporated his stained glass windows in Ireland and abroad as well as his Stations of the Cross and crucifixes in a variety of media. I have also studied his illustrations for The Capuchin Annual and The Father Mathew Record. I have done research into the archive of The Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios in the Manuscripts & Archives Research Library at TCD where I have studied the work of Richard King, William Dowling (1907-80) and Terence Clarke (1917-68) in particular. More recently, I have worked on the liturgical art of Richard Enda King (1943-95) in Ireland. I am also a member of Arts & Spirituality Ireland (ASI) and of the Irish Association of Art Historians.

Research Intrest

My principal research interests have been in religious art in Ireland in the twentieth century. In particular, I have worked extensively on the oeuvre of the Irish artist Richard King (1907-74) who was originally a pupil of Harry Clarke (1889-1931). My study of King’s work has incorporated his stained glass windows in Ireland and abroad as well as his Stations of the Cross and crucifixes in a variety of media. I have also studied his illustrations for The Capuchin Annual and The Father Mathew Record. I have done research into the archive of The Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios in the Manuscripts & Archives Research Library at TCD where I have studied the work of Richard King, William Dowling (1907-80) and Terence Clarke (1917-68) in particular. More recently, I have worked on the liturgical art of Richard Enda King (1943-95) in Ireland. I am also a member of Arts & Spirituality Ireland (ASI) and of the Irish Association of Art Historians.

List of Publications
The Liturgical Art of Richard Enda King (1943-1995) in Ireland, Artefact, Issue Seven/2013, published in December, 2014
Contributor to Art Researchers Guide to Dublin, ARLIS UK & Ireland, 2013
The Art of Richard King Nazareth House, Studies, Autumn, 1995
Richard Kings Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, Studies, Spring, 1994