Irish painting

Kennedy, Brian P. Irish Painting. Dublin, Town House, 1993. Octavo. 141 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Now out of print. Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who works internationally. He is currently the Director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio. He was the Director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997-2004. Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and Ph.D (1989) degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history. He worked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library (1983-85), Government Publications Office (1985-86), and Department of Finance (1986-89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988. He was Assistant Director at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historians from 1996-97, and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001-03. In September 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia. (Wikipedia).