Frances Kelly

Frances J. Kelly (1908 – 2002) (variant name Judy Boland) was an Irish painter. She was married to Irish diplomat Frederick Boland. They had five children, one of whom is the poet Eavan Boland. Kelly studied at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, Ireland. From 1932-1935, she studied in Paris, France with the cubist painter Léopold Survage. In Ireland, she painted the murals in Tullamore Hospital, Dublin, and those at the old Russell Hotel. Kelly specialized in still lifes.

Paintings

• Still Life with Lillies and Staffordshire Figurine
• As She Moved Through the Fair
• Still Life With Flowers Before a Window
• Reclining Nude

(Frances Kelly and Frederick H Boland)
Children:-
Jane,
Mella,-Who was married to Laurence Crowley ,
Fergal (Not the GAA player!),
Nessa
and Eavan.

External links

• Whytes Biographies of Irish Artists