{"product_id":"the-ruins-of-o-connell-street-1916-museum-quality-art-print","title":"The Ruins of O'Connell Street, 1916 — Edmond Delrenne Print","description":"\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ruins of O'Connell Street, 1916 — Fine Art Print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising, Belgian artist \u003cstrong\u003eEdmond Delrenne\u003c\/strong\u003e stood on Dublin's main thoroughfare and recorded what he saw. The result is one of the few contemporary visual documents of the destruction the Rising left behind — a drawing in charcoal and watercolour that captures the ruined streetscape around the General Post Office and the neighbouring buildings that had been at the heart of the fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ruins of O'Connell Street\u003c\/em\u003e (1916), also known as \u003cem\u003eSackville Street in Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e, depicts the devastation of central Dublin's main thoroughfare — then called Sackville Street, now O'Connell Street — in the days following the Rising. Rendered in charcoal and watercolour with white highlights on paper, the work has the quality of a first-hand record: immediate, precise, and quietly devastating. The original drawing measures 17.1 × 26 cm and is catalogued as NGI.18486 in the \u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelrenne was active in Dublin around 1915–1918 and produced a small group of views of the city during this period. This drawing is among the most significant — a rare Belgian eye on an Irish moment of history, made while the smoke was still clearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdmond Delrenne was a Belgian artist active c.1915–1918 who documented Dublin during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. His small group of Dublin views, produced in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising, are among the few contemporary painted and drawn records of the destruction in the city centre. Little else is known of his life, which makes this body of work all the more remarkable as a historical document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Historical Significance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Easter Rising of April 1916 transformed O'Connell Street — then Sackville Street — beyond recognition. The GPO and much of the surrounding streetscape were reduced to rubble by British shelling. Delrenne's drawing records that destruction at close range, in real time. Over a century later, works like this one remain among the most direct visual links to that week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrint Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen edition fine art print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal medium: charcoal and watercolour with white highlights on paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal dimensions: 17.1 × 26 cm — National Gallery of Ireland (NGI.18486)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on 230gsm premium fine art paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable framed or unframed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree worldwide delivery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Buy Irish Art","offers":[{"title":"Framed Print \/ 60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ Black","offer_id":56158043111806,"sku":"78fe09e9-554c-4819-a7c8-7825b9918b40","price":662.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed Print \/ 60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ Wood","offer_id":56158043144574,"sku":"3f05f721-c465-466d-9dbd-7d8b000a98f1","price":662.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed Print \/ 60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ White","offer_id":56158043079038,"sku":"d272f054-a08c-47f8-9e1d-79b8cdbd2499","price":662.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed Print \/ 30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ Black","offer_id":56158042980734,"sku":"e3cbc1bf-3748-4e25-9184-cdccf50ce847","price":274.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed Print \/ 30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ Wood","offer_id":56158043013502,"sku":"50f7cbcb-3e3a-4954-ba16-c6614b5d6b52","price":274.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed Print \/ 30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ White","offer_id":56158043046270,"sku":"a8b46563-7988-4570-aec0-d7b9a3c46be1","price":274.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Unframed Print \/ 60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ No Frame","offer_id":55044087251326,"sku":"0d626c10-36d0-4c3c-be04-aaba51ea05ac","price":363.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Unframed Print \/ 30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ No Frame","offer_id":55044087185790,"sku":"d603c3f0-b4c3-4648-8cf4-0aaf9192b260","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/8091\/4099\/files\/the-ruins-of-oconnell-street-1916-60x90-wood-gallery-frame.png?v=1774385717","url":"https:\/\/www.buyirishart.com\/en-au\/products\/the-ruins-of-o-connell-street-1916-museum-quality-art-print","provider":"Buy Irish Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}