More than 70 Irish postage stamps, "Series C" Irish banknotes
Spouse
Elizabeth Carabini
(m. 1967; died 2011)
Children
2, including Rachel
Awards
Aosdána membership[1]
Robert Ballagh (/bæləx/; born 22 September 1943) is an Irish artist, painter and designer. Born in suburban Dublin,[2][3] Ballagh's initial painting style was strongly influenced by pop art. He is also known for his hyperrealistic renderings of Irish literary, historical and establishment figures,[4] or designing more than 70 Irish postage stamps and a series of banknotes, and for work on theatrical sets, including for works by Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde, and for Riverdance in multiple locations. Ballagh's work has been exhibited at many solo and group shows since 1967, in Dublin, Cork, Brussels, Moscow, Sofia, Florence, Lund and others, as well as touring in Ireland and the US. His work is held in a range of museum and gallery collections. He was chosen to represent Ireland at the 1969 Biennale de Paris.
A lifelong resident of Dublin, he was made a member of Ireland's academy of artists, Aosdána He became the founding chairperson of the Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation. He has received a number of awards, including an honorary doctorate from UCD. He has published a book of photography of Dublin, and a volume of memoirs.
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RobertBallagh (/bæləx/; born 22 September 1943) is an Irish artist, painter and designer. Born in suburban Dublin, Ballagh's initial painting style was...
six-string guitar, and sold him a Fender Jazz Bass he had bought from RobertBallagh for £36, and started giving him lessons. Lynott and Downey quickly put...
Ballagh may refer to: Ballagh, Tipperary, a village in Co. Tipperary Ballagh, Kilcumreragh, a townland in Kilcumreragh civil parish, barony of Moycashel...
inspired by Liberty Leading the People. The imagery was adapted by RobertBallagh to commemorate Ireland's independence struggle on an Irish postage stamp...
added to Ireland's National Collection in 2023. Rachel Ballagh was born to artist RobertBallagh and his wife Betty (née Carabini, 1950–2011) in 1968;...
was held in Liberty Hall in January 1990. The leading national artist RobertBallagh chaired the organisation for ten years and spoke on its behalf in the...
Irish artist, RobertBallagh. Some of his designs are based on paintings, drawings, or other graphic work by other artists. Ballagh's first postage stamp...
in the case brought by Finucane's widow Geraldine Finucane Portrait Dedicated Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Artist RobertBallagh)...
the Easter Rising in 2016. There had been reports in July that artist RobertBallagh was "seriously considering a run for the presidency", and had been in...
Irish artists were invited. The winner and designer of the series was RobertBallagh. This series of notes had denominations of £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100...
and the Duke of York. During the visit a portrait of Francis Crick by RobertBallagh was unveiled. As part of her tour, The Queen started the sequencing...
and musicians. RobertBallagh bought a holiday home in one nearby townland, which later became the home and workplace of Rachel Ballagh.: 40, 46 Some...
designer Paul Costelloe, composer Michael McGlynn and visual artist RobertBallagh. The Holy Ghost Order has a long tradition of missionaries. Frank Duff...
British Architects Graham Dwyer, convicted of the Murder of Elaine O'Hara RobertBallagh, artist, painter and designer Niall de Buitléar, artist Niall McCormack...
and filmmaker and James Coleman, an installation and video artist. RobertBallagh, Willie Doherty, and Sean Hillen also work in modern media. The Irish...
the tourist guidebook Secret Dublin – an unusual guide and in artist RobertBallagh's 1981 book Dublin. The tree has been listed as one of the country's...
having decided on the theme previous to invitation. The designs of RobertBallagh were chosen, and his designs were used in all the denominations to follow...
of commissioned works by notable Irish and British artists including RobertBallagh, Barrie Cooke, Anne Madden and Michael Farrell, some of which have since...
in Ireland Francis Bacon (1909–1992) – Irish painter RobertBallagh (born 1943) – artist Robert Barker (1739–1806) – painter from Kells George Barret...
Minister. 14 June – Maurice Manning, Fine Gael politician. 22 September – RobertBallagh, painter and designer. 30 September – Ray Burke, Fianna Fáil TD and...
included Marina Abramovic, Nam June Paik, Barry Flannagan, Carl Andre, RobertBallagh, Sol LeWitt, Patrick Scott, and numerous others. This edition featured...
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