John Hogan Portrait
John Hogan Portrait by Bernard Mulrenin. Taken from 'The Capuchin Annual' 1946-47
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John Hogan Portrait
John Hogan Portrait by Bernard Mulrenin. Taken from 'The Capuchin Annual' 1946-47
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One of the most important Irish sculptors of the 19th century, John Hogan was born at Tullow, Co. Waterford in 1800. When he was a teenager, he worked as an apprentice to an architect in Cork. It was here that he first started to sculpt. One of his first carvings was of leaves in wood. This was put on the shop-front.
Hogan studied at the School of Art in Cork and in 1823 he went to Rome to study. He spent twenty four years in Italy. He married an Italian, Cornelia Bevignani, in 1837. They had eleven children. One of his sons, John Valentine, later became an artist.
Drunken Faun
Drunken Faun, 1826 by John Hogan
Crawford Art Gallery, CorkDrunken Faun
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Drunken Faun
Drunken Faun, 1826 by John Hogan
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Some of Hogan's most famous sculptures include Shepard Boy, The Drunken Faun and Dead Christ. The Drunken Faun can be viewed at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Another sculpture, Elizabeth Farrell Monument, can be viewed at St Andrews on Westland Row, Dublin.
J.K.L., Bishop Doyle
J.K.L., James Doyle, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, St. Mary's Cathedtral, Carlow
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J.K.L., Bishop Doyle
J.K.L., James Doyle, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, St. Mary's Cathedtral, Carlow
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Hogan also created sculptures for Loreto Abbey in Dublin, the Bishop of Newfoundland, and the Capuchins in Ireland.
There was unrest in Rome in 1848 and Hogan decided to move back to Ireland. However, Ireland was still getting over the Great Famine. Hogan did not find as much work as he had hoped. He died in March 1858.