Fintan Cullen Explained
Fintan Cullen (born 3 January 1954) in Dublin, is an Irish academic, educator and writer. Cullen is a professor at the University of Nottingham.[1]
National Portrait Gallery Exhibit
He and Roy Foster co-created the exhibit Conquering England: Ireland in Victorian England, which was in the National Portrait Gallery in London from 9 March 2005 to 19 June 2005. They also co-wrote a book that accompanied the exhibit.[2] The name comes from G. B. Shaw's mordant observation that "England had conquered Ireland, so there was nothing for it but to come over and conquer England."[3]
The exhibition explored the diversity of the Irish in London and their influence in the visual arts, literature, theatre, journalism and politics. It featured portraits of Shaw, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and Charles Stewart Parnell.[4]
References
- Web site: Fintan Cullen. University of Nottingham. Department of History of Art. 29 January 2018.
- Barber. Fionna. Fintan Cullen and R.F. Foster, 'Conquering England': Ireland in Victorian London. London: The National Portrait Gallery. 2005. 80pp. Illus. £12.50. Fintan Cullen, The Irish Face: Rede.ning the Irish Portrait 1700–2000. London: The National Portrait Gallery. 2004. 240 pp. Illus. £30.00. Urban History. 8 March 2007. 34. 1. 158–160. 10.1017/S096392680727453X. 233362487 . 29 January 2018.
- Web site: Conquering England. National Portrait Gallery. National Portrait Gallery, London. 29 January 2018.
- Web site: "Conquering England: Roy Foster Introduces a New Exhibition on the Irish in London in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Opening at the National Portrait Gallery on March 9th" by Foster, Roy - History Today, Vol. 55, Issue 3, March 2005. 22 October 2018. 22 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181022193509/https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-129461027/conquering-england-roy-foster-introduces-a-new-exhibition. dead.
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