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Quigly
Quigly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Isabel Quigly (1926–2018), English writer and translator *Kathleen Quigly Kathleen Quigly (6 March 1888 – 15 August 1981) was an Irish stained glass artist, illustrator and painter. She was also a metal worker and jewellery designer. Life Kathleen Quigly was born in Dublin on 6 March 1888. Her father was Richard Qu ... (1888–1981), Irish glass artist and painter See also * Quigley {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Quigly
Kathleen Quigly (6 March 1888 – 15 August 1981) was an Irish stained glass artist, illustrator and painter. She was also a metal worker and jewellery designer. Life Kathleen Quigly was born in Dublin on 6 March 1888. Her father was Richard Quigly, a civil engineer. In her early childhood she travelled abroad with her family. She then attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and then entered the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art around 1906. There she studied under the school's first stained glass master, Alfred E. Child, discovering a talent for illuminating glass. She went on to occasionally work with An Túr Gloine under Sarah Purser. She showed a copper cup and stand at the 1910 exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland while she was still a student. In 1911 she contributed pages to the illuminated album with panels and borders of Celtic ornament, ''Address of welcome to Queen Mary from the women of Ireland''. She exhibited with the Royal Hiberni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Quigly
Isabel Madeleine Quigly FRSL (17 September 1926 – 14 September 2018) was a writer, translator and film critic. Biography She was born in Ontaneda, Spain, and educated at Godolphin School, Salisbury and Newnham College, Cambridge. In her early career, she worked for Penguin Books and Red Cross Geneva. Between 1956 and 1966, she was film critic of The Spectator. She served as literary editor of The Tablet from 1985 to 1997. She also contributed to numerous journals and newspapers, and served on the jury of various literary prizes including the Booker Prize jury in 1986. In 1953, her first book, and only novel, ''The Eye of Heaven'', was published. Other books include ''The Heirs of Tom Brown: The English School Story'' and ''Charlie Chaplin: Early Comedies''. She has also translated more than 100 books from Italian, Spanish and French. Her most notable translations are Silvano Ceccherini's ''The Transfer'', for which, in 1967, she won the John Florio Prize, and Giorgio Bassani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |