Conor Tallon spoke with assistant Curator from the Crawford Art Gallery about this week's Art Work of the Week...marking the 104th anniversary of the Easter RisingThe Breadline, 1916 (c.1950) by Muriel Brandt looks back on a tumultuous time in our history and reflects the associated hardship experienced by Irish civilians. The painting has been described as ‘an interpretation of the aftermath of the Rising, showing the effect it had on the ordinary people of Dublin.’In the foreground of this busy composition, various children are gathered waiting for the women who queue for bread provided by the Daughters of Charity. Ironically, the Rising had left the nearby Dublin Bread Company building in ruins. Popular memory tells of bread being brought in from unaffected bakeries in County Kildare and elsewhere to relieve the city’s hunger. Identifiable by their traditional habit and large starched cornettes, the Daughters of Charity had a premises on Henrietta Street. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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