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SUMMARY:Illustrated lecture: 'A Belfast girl': the life and art of Wilhelmi
 na Geddes (1887-1955) by Dr Nicola Gordon Bowe
DESCRIPTION:Wilhelmina Geddes\, ‘one of Europe's great 20th-century artis
 ts’\, was born in Leitrim and grew up in a Methodist home in Belfast\, w
 here her authoritarian father was a successful builder and local preacher.
  Her family attended\, first\, University Road and then Balmoral Methodist
  churches.\n\nEducated at Methodist College and then Belfast School of Art
 \, she moved to Dublin and finally to London\, in both of which she produc
 ed stained glass and other works of unique power and originality.\n\nDr Bo
 we has spent over thirty years researching the life and work of Geddes and
  has served to rescue her reputation from relative obscurity. In 2010\, Ge
 ddes had an impact crater named after her on the Planet Mercury by the Int
 ernational Astronomical Union.\n\nNicola Gordon Bowe\, Associate Fellow\, 
 National College of Art and Design\, Dublin\, has lectured and published w
 idely on the applied arts and design. Her publications include: Harry Clar
 ke: the Life and Work (4th ed.\, 2012)\; the Arts and Crafts Movements in 
 Dublin and Edinburgh\, with E.S. Cumming (1998)\, and most recently\, Wilh
 elmina Geddes: Life and Work (2015).\n\n&nbsp\;
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LOCATION:Edgehill College\, 9 Lennoxvale\, Belfast\, BT9 5BY\, United Kingd
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