BIOGRAPHY

Evie Hone was born in Dublin in 1894 and studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London and also at Westminster School of Art where she became acquainted with Mainie Jellett. She and Jellett studied under Andre L’hote and Albert Gleizes in Paris, returning home in 1923 and bringing ideas of Modernism and Cubism with them to Ireland.

Hone is most famous for her work in Stained Glass and her works in Cubist painting have been almost overlooked which is unfortunate as she is one of the leading figures of the modern movement in Ireland and is one of the founding members of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art.