Ethel Gresley Ball

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Ethel Gresley Ball
Born24 November 1886
Dublin
Died3 July 1959
Dublin
NationalityIrish

Ethel Gresley Ball (24 November 1886 – 3 July 1959), was an Irish artist working in both paintings and sculpture.

Life[]

Ethel Gresley Ball was born on 5 April 1883 to Valentine Ball and his wife Gresley Stewart-Moore in Dublin. Her father was a geologist and Director at Science and Art Museum in Dublin. She was an artist who was a member of the Royal Dublin Society and the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland. Her older sister Maude Mary Ball was also an artist.[1] Ball studied at the RHA Schools and at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art.[2] She exhibited annually at Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibitions as well as at the Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1940, in Belfast and at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. The National Museum of Ireland purchased a bronze she completed of a 'Great Irish Deer, formerly known as "Irish Elk" ' in 1927.[3] She died on 3 July 1959.[1]

Works[]

  • Mother - Portrait Bust
  • Meditation
  • Miss Florence Gifford
  • Statuette -1917
  • Spring - Statuette, 1918
  • The New Penny, 1919
  • Boy's Head, 1920
  • Woman's Head, 1921*
  • Miss May Crosbie, 1921 (Circa)
  • Lion Finn, 1922*
  • Chimpanzee Companions, 1923*
  • Chimpanzee Companions, 1923*
  • Head of an Old Man, 1924*
  • Young Lion - Selim Bey, 1924*
  • Caracal, 1925*
  • Arabian Baboon, 1925*
  • Lynx on Guard, 1925
  • Chimpanzee, 1925
  • Italian Workman, 1926*
  • Baboon Sentry, 1926*
  • Snarling Leopard, 1926*
  • Lion Cubs, Dathi, Cormac and Aoife, born in Dublin, 1926*
  • Lion's Head, 1926
  • Leopard, 1926
  • Young Tigers, 1927*
  • A Little Mischief, 1927*
  • A Fishy Meal, 1928*
  • The Favourite, 1928*
  • The Old Macaw, 1928*
  • Young Lions, 1929*
  • The Beggar, 1929*
  • Mary Devenport O'Neill, 1929*
  • Play, 1929*
  • Leopard Set, 1930*
  • Young Primates - Orang and Chimpanzee, 1931*
  • My Kill, 1931*
  • Lion Cub, 1931*
  • 'A Wise Old Bird was She', 1931*
  • Dainty, 1932*
  • Ostrich, 1932*
  • Young Lion Cubs Settling Down, 1932*
  • The Three Sisters, 1932*
  • Old Jack the Ratter, 1932*
  • The Beggar, 1934*
  • Young Donkey Foal, 1934*
  • A Young Family, 1934*
  • Lion Cubs (The Snuggling Stage), 1934*
  • Head of Lioness, 1934*
  • Lion, Finn, 1935*
  • Donkey Foal, 1935*
  • The Twins, 1935*
  • Baedan, Bricriu, Breas, Branach and Blanaid, 1935*
  • Chimpanzee and Her Baby, 1937*
  • Shetland Pony, 1937*
  • 'Jackie' - Donkey Foal, 1937*
  • Golden Cat Sharpening her Claws, 1938*

Dates marked * are usually the year a work was exhibited.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Peerage 2004.
  2. ^ NIVAL.
  3. ^ Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951.

Sources[]

  • "Person Page". The Peerage. 2004-09-22. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  • "Miss Ethel Gresley Ball". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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