Imogen Stuart

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Imogen Stuart (born 1927) is a sculptor.

Born in Berlin, she moved to Ireland in 1951. She was married for a time to Irish artist Ian Stuart, son of writer Francis Stuart.

[edit] Works

She works in wood, bronze, stone, steel, clay and terracotta. Her best known works are probably the monumental Pope John Paul II in NUI Maynooth and the carved altar in the University College Cork chapel. She is clearly the most prolific sculptor for the Church in Ireland, and her works can be seen in chapels and churches across the country. Nevertheless, her work extends well beyond the Church, including a commissioned bust of the ex-President Mary Robinson which sits in Aras an Uachtarain (State House). A book on her work and life was published in 2002 (Imogen Stuart, Four Courts Press), with an introduction by Brian Fallon.

A professor of sculpture at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, she is also a member of Aosdána.

[edit] External links

• Aosdána biographical note