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A Lecture by Prof Anne Byrne ‘Lecture on Cathedral Mosaics’
February 26th @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Westmeath Archaeological & Historical Society Presents
‘There is something about these Virgins: Boris Anrep (1883-1969), the Mullingar Mosaics, Bloombury and friends’
A Lecture by Prof Anne Byrne
Professor Anne Byrne from Galway University will deliver a very interesting lecture on undoubtedly the most famous work of art in Mullingar and indeed it is of national and indeed international repute.
The title of the lecture is ‘There is something about those virgins:Boris Anrep (1883-1969),the Mullingar Mosaics, Bloomsbury and friends’. The preeminent architectural feature of the town is undoubtedly the cathedral of Christ the King completed in 1936.
However equally significant are the beautiful mosaics created by the famous Russian poet and artist Boris Anrep at the invitation of Bishop Kyne. The image shows the St Patrick mosaic, Boris Anrep and Cardinal Dalton a former bishop of Meath.
Professor Byrne has completed extensive research on Anrep in Mullingar and London in recent months and this promises to be a very interesting lecture.
Wednesday 26th February 2025 at 8:00pm in the Greville Arms Hotel Mullinger.
Refreshments will be served, All Welcome.