Frances Kelly

Frances Josephine Kelly (14 February 1908 – 2002; usually known as Judy Boland), was an Irish painter.[1][2][3][4] She is known for being the wife of Frederick Boland, an Irish diplomat who served as the United Nations representative for Ireland. By the age of twenty seven, when she married, she had attained prominence as a painter.[5]

For the English actress and singer, see Frances Maria Kelly.

Frances Kelly
Born
Frances Josephine Kelly

14 February 1908
Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Died2002
NationalityIrish
Known forPainting
Spouse
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(m. 1935⁠–⁠1985)​
Children5; including Eavan Boland

Early life

Kelly was born on 14 February 1908 in Coolagh Bridge, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland to James and Marion Kelly (née Shields).[6][7] On 11 February 1935, she married Irish diplomat Frederick Boland in the Church of St Michael, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.[8][9] They had a son, Fergal and four daughters; Jane, Nessa, Mella, and the poet Eavan Boland.[10][11][12]

Artistic career

Kelly studied at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, Ireland, and, from 1932 to 1935, in Paris, France with the cubist painter Léopold Survage.[13][14] In Ireland, she painted the murals in Tullamore Hospital, and those at the old Russell Hotel, Dublin. Kelly specialized in still life works. Her work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[15]

Paintings

References
  1. "[Table of Contents]". PN Review. 412 (2). 2014. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023. Cover image: a portrait of Eavan Boland as a child, by her mother, the painter Frances Kelly (1908–2002).
  2. Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. 14
  3. "Frances J. Kelly, 1908–2002". Art UK. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. "Frances Kelly ARHA [Associate Member Royal Hibernian Academy], Irish Artist, 1908 - 2002". James Adam and Sons Ltd. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. 13
  6. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  7. Irish Writing London: Volume 2, Post-war to the Present, ed. Tom Herron, Bloomsbury, 2013, p. 46
  8. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  9. Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, containing the biographies of those who died, vol. VIII, 1981-1990, A. & C. Black, p. 71
  10. "Irish Press Releases - Press Release Ireland » Stamps mark 50 years of Ireland's UN membership". Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  11. Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. 16
  12. Quirke genealogy and family history: of Clonmel, county Tipperary, Ireland; India, New Zealand, England, Australia, South Africa, and the United States, Terence T. Quirke, 2005, p. 183
  13. Irish Writing London: Volume 2, Post-war to the Present, ed. Tom Herron, Bloomsbury, 2013, p. 46
  14. Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. xx
  15. "Frances J. Kelly". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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