Homecoming: Walter Osborne’s Portraits of Dublin, 1880–1900

The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art presents the first monographic exhibition in forty years of the work of Walter Osborne, one of Ireland’s most-heralded artists. The exhibition charts Osborne’s trajectory from his student days in Dublin and Antwerp through his sojourn in Brittany and his early practice in England before returning to his native city to care for his niece and aging parents following the death of his beloved sister Violet in 1893. Through his depictions of Dublin’s streets, parks, public spaces, domestic interiors and gardens, countryside, and most importantly its people, a vision of a vibrant––if divided––Ireland emerges.

The exhibition runs until December 7, 2025 at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, St. André Way (corner of Eddy Street and Angela Blvd), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

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