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Hector McDonnell
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'''Hector McDonnell''' (born 1947) is a Northern Irish painter, etcher, and author.
==Early life==
A younger son of [[Randal McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim]], and the brother of [[Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim|Alexander McDonnell]], Hector McDonnell was born in [[Belfast]], grew up on the family estate at [[Glenarm]], and was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], where he read modern history.<ref>Neil Johnston, [https://ift.tt/2ZLUtnI Exhibition: Hector McDonnell] dated 28 November 2003 in ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'' at belfasttelegraph.co.uk</ref><ref>Sanda Miller, "Interview with Hector McDonnell", in ''The GPA Irish Arts Review Yearbook'' (Irish Arts Review, 1988), [https://ift.tt/317gmvd pp. 93–99]</ref>
==Artist==
McDonnell studied painting in Munich and Vienna in 1965 and 1966. In 1979 he was the winner of the ''Darmstädter Kunstpreis'' and held a Retrospective Exhibition at the Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt, in 1981.
A further Retrospective Exhibition was at the [[Ulster Museum]], Belfast, from 2003 to 2004. He lives and works in Northern Ireland and New York.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2ZOaae7 Biography] at hectormcdonnell.com, accessed 8 September 2019</ref> The ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'' has described McDonnell as "one of Ireland's greatest living artists".<ref>[https://ift.tt/316ANZ1 Exhibition of unseen Hector McDonnell works on show at Belfast gallery] in ''Belfast Telegraph'' dated 29 November 2011</ref>
==Publications==
*''The Ould Orange Flute'' (1983)
*''The Night before Larry was Stretched'' (1984)
*''A Chinese Journey'' (1986, edited by Anna Pao-Sohmen, illustrated by Hector McDonnell)
*''A Journey to Tsaparang'' (1990)
*''Fools Rush in: A Call to Christian Clowning'' (1993, with Roly Bain)
*''The Wild Geese of the Antrim MacDonnells'' (Irish Academic Press, 1996)
*''A Rwandan Journey - Sept-Oct 1996'' (1996)
*''Diction Aires & French Letters'' (2000, with Elisabeth Wise)
*''A History of Dunluce'' (2004)
*''Irish Round Towers'' (Wooden Books, 2005, )
*''St Patrick: his life and legend'' (2007)
*''Ireland's Other Poetry: Anonymous to Zozimus'' (The Lilliput Press, 2007, with John Wyse Jackson,)
*''Holy Hills and Pagan Places of Ireland'' (2008)
*''Dublin's Other Poetry: Rhymes and Songs of the City'' (The Lilliput Press, 2009, with John Wyse Jackson)
*''Ulster's Other Poetry: Verses and Songs of the Province'' (The Lilliput Press, 2009, with John Wyse Jackson)
*''Ireland's Other History'' (2015)
==Notes==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2ZOaaL9 hectormcdonnell.com] (personal web site)
*[https://ift.tt/311E4Jb Hector McDonnell] at [[Artnet]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Irish painters]]
[[Category:Irish etchers]]
==Early life==
A younger son of [[Randal McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim]], and the brother of [[Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim|Alexander McDonnell]], Hector McDonnell was born in [[Belfast]], grew up on the family estate at [[Glenarm]], and was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], where he read modern history.<ref>Neil Johnston, [https://ift.tt/2ZLUtnI Exhibition: Hector McDonnell] dated 28 November 2003 in ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'' at belfasttelegraph.co.uk</ref><ref>Sanda Miller, "Interview with Hector McDonnell", in ''The GPA Irish Arts Review Yearbook'' (Irish Arts Review, 1988), [https://ift.tt/317gmvd pp. 93–99]</ref>
==Artist==
McDonnell studied painting in Munich and Vienna in 1965 and 1966. In 1979 he was the winner of the ''Darmstädter Kunstpreis'' and held a Retrospective Exhibition at the Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt, in 1981.
A further Retrospective Exhibition was at the [[Ulster Museum]], Belfast, from 2003 to 2004. He lives and works in Northern Ireland and New York.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2ZOaae7 Biography] at hectormcdonnell.com, accessed 8 September 2019</ref> The ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'' has described McDonnell as "one of Ireland's greatest living artists".<ref>[https://ift.tt/316ANZ1 Exhibition of unseen Hector McDonnell works on show at Belfast gallery] in ''Belfast Telegraph'' dated 29 November 2011</ref>
==Publications==
*''The Ould Orange Flute'' (1983)
*''The Night before Larry was Stretched'' (1984)
*''A Chinese Journey'' (1986, edited by Anna Pao-Sohmen, illustrated by Hector McDonnell)
*''A Journey to Tsaparang'' (1990)
*''Fools Rush in: A Call to Christian Clowning'' (1993, with Roly Bain)
*''The Wild Geese of the Antrim MacDonnells'' (Irish Academic Press, 1996)
*''A Rwandan Journey - Sept-Oct 1996'' (1996)
*''Diction Aires & French Letters'' (2000, with Elisabeth Wise)
*''A History of Dunluce'' (2004)
*''Irish Round Towers'' (Wooden Books, 2005, )
*''St Patrick: his life and legend'' (2007)
*''Ireland's Other Poetry: Anonymous to Zozimus'' (The Lilliput Press, 2007, with John Wyse Jackson,)
*''Holy Hills and Pagan Places of Ireland'' (2008)
*''Dublin's Other Poetry: Rhymes and Songs of the City'' (The Lilliput Press, 2009, with John Wyse Jackson)
*''Ulster's Other Poetry: Verses and Songs of the Province'' (The Lilliput Press, 2009, with John Wyse Jackson)
*''Ireland's Other History'' (2015)
==Notes==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2ZOaaL9 hectormcdonnell.com] (personal web site)
*[https://ift.tt/311E4Jb Hector McDonnell] at [[Artnet]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Irish painters]]
[[Category:Irish etchers]]
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