Irish Art - Joseph Poole Addey

Joseph Poole Addey (1852-1922)
Addey became the first Head Master of the Londonderry School of Art. In the latter half of his life he lived mostly in Dublin, working as a tutor to students of the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He often took outdoor sketching classes at Rathfarnham Castle during the summer holidays. According to Theo Snoddy, Addey "could not comprehend how anyone would be unable to copy accurately, with pencil, a simple object". In the last years of his life he moved to London where he taught the principles of perspective to students at the Slade School of Art.
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