Michael Healy
Artist Bio
Michael Healy (1873-1941) was a stained glass artist born in Dublin and was educated at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He attempted to move to London to earn a living by working as a book illustrator.
In 1899, Healy began art school in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. He then moved back to Ireland in 1901 to begin experimenting with oils in his spare time and teaching in the Dominican College in Kildare to make a living.
Michael’s windows consisted of over seventy pieces of work portraying the Irish counties. His work has been sent all over England, New Zealand, Newfoundland and the USA. Unlike most other artist, Michael was known to be a recluse that wasn’t part of any academy, rarely showed his work and therefore spent most of his life unknown.