Evie Hone HRHA

Evie Hone was born in Dublin in 1984. Considered an early pioneer of cubism, she worked both as a painter and stained glass artist. Hone studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art and then the Central School of Arts and Crafts, under Bernard Meninsky. She met Mainie Jellett when both were studying under Walter Sickert at the Westminster Technical Institute. After spending time in Paris, working under André Lhote and Albert Gleizes, she returned to Ireland and became involved with founding the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. Hone had strong religious beliefs, residing for a period in an Anglican Convent and converting to Catholicism in 1937, which potentially influenced her decision to work with stained glass. She studied this medium under Wilhelmina Geddes and became a member of the An Túr Gloine stained glass co-operative, before setting up her own studio in Rathfarnham. Her work is included in the collections of Trinity College Dublin, The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, and a vast retrospective of her work was held at the National Gallery of Ireland.