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"Portrait of Frank Ormsby"

Date

1985

Artist/Maker

Wilson, Ross

Technique

Charcoal on paper

Dimensions

Width: 56cm
Length: 75cm

Caption

An author and poet, Frank Ormsby is originally from Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. In 2019, Ormsby was appointed as the Ireland Professor of Poetry to serve a three-year term at Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. "Unless a poem moves me in some way I give up on it very quickly. I want poetry to be about people's experiences and written in a manner which enables the reader to share those experiences" (Frank Ormsby, Belfast Telegraph, 2015)

Credit

Arts Council of Northern Ireland part gifted in 2010; purchase supported by the Museum Friends

Copyright

The Artist

Object number

FCM_1985_056