"Theo Snoddy's Dictionary of Irish Artists - 20th Century is the definitive work in its field. It contains comprehensive entries on some five hundred Irish painters, sculptors, stained glass artists and designers, including all the important figures such as Jack B. Yeats, Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Paul Henry, Sir John Lavery, Sir William Orpen. What W.G. Strickland did for the nineteenth century, Theo Snoddy has now done for the twentieth century."...

Art, Ireland and the Irish Diaspora' reveals a labyrinth of social and cultural connections that conspired to create and sustain an image of Ireland for the nation and for the Irish diaspora between 1893 and 1939. This era saw an upsurge of interest among patrons and collectors in New York and Chicago in the 'Irishness' of Irish art, which was facilitated by gallery owners, émigrés, philanthropists, and art-world celebrities. Leading Irish art historian,...