Anne Donnelly (born 1932) is an Irish artist living in

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Life

Born in

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, Donnelly grew up in

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. She studied in the National College of Art in

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graduating in 1953 and then went on to the Escuela de Bellas Artes in

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before finishing at the Ecole Julienne in

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in 1956. While in Paris, Donnelly met her husband

Carlo Mazzantini Carlo Mazzantini (1925–2006) was an Italian writer. He published a number of books; among the best-known is ''A cercar la bella morte'', which was translated by Simonetta Wenkert into English and published under the title ''In Search of a Glorio ...

who died in 2006. They had four daughters, including the novelist

Margaret Mazzantini Margaret Mazzantini (; born 27 October 1961) is an Italian-Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980 starring in the cult horror classic '' ...

and the actress

Giselda Volodi Giselda Volodi (born 1959) is an Italian actress. She was born Giselda Mazzantini, in Tangier, Morocco, to the family of writer Carlo Mazzantini and artist Anne Donnelly. She is the sister of writer/actress Margaret Mazzantini and producer Moir ...

. The whole family spent time travelling in France, Spain, Ireland and Morocco through the late 50s and early 60s. They settled initially in Tuscany and finally in Tivoli.

Career

Donnelly has exhibited since the 50s in public and private collections throughout Ireland, Italy, Great Britain, France, Spain, Greece, Argentina, Switzerland, USA and Australia. She has received praise from critics such as Elena Pontiggia,

Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish Irish poetry, poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is ''Death of a Naturalist'' (1966), his first m ...

, Guido Giuffrè, and Paul Cahill. Exhibitions include : 2007 ''Riflessi Diversi: Artist and Irish poets'', in Torre di Magione, 2008 ''Equus, semper''. Art Hippodrome in Rome, The Museum of Modern Art (M.O.M.A), New York and regularly in the Peppercanister Gallery in Dublin and the Claremorris Gallery, County Mayo. She is a member of DUNA (part of the International Association of Women Artists)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Anne 1932 births Living people 20th-century Irish painters 21st-century Irish painters Artists from Belfast Alumni of the National College of Art and Design 20th-century Irish women painters 21st-century Irish women painters Mazzantini family