Hotspur🏳️🌈🇺🇦<p>"Abstract Composition," Mainie Jellett, 1929.</p><p>Irish painter Jellett (1897-1944) was one of the first artists to show Abstract art in Ireland, and was a tireless promoter of Irish modern art. She also participated in the 1928 Olympic Arts competition.</p><p>Also a talented pianist, she was undecided between music and painting in her youth, but decided on art. She was taught by such artists as William Orpen and Walter Sickert, and for a time painted in an Impressionist vein. In 1921 she and lifelong companion Evie Hone (perhaps her lover; it is unclear but considered likely) visited Paris and first encountered Cubism and modern art. In 1923 she exhibited two Cubist paintings and was purely Modern art from then on forward. </p><p>She was never famous outside of Ireland but was a pioneer of Irish avant-garde and a great promoter of new young artists.</p><p>From a private collection.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AbstractArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractArt</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MainieJellett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainieJellett</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/IrishAvantGarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishAvantGarde</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LGBTQArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQArt</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Maybe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maybe</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/QueerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WomenArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenArtists</span></a></p>