Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Statue of Oscar Wilde reclining on a huge granite stone and looking at his old family home number 1 Merrion Square, on the north side of Merrion Square. The statue is made from various stones in different colours. The memorial includes two stone pillars which are covered in quotations from Oscar Wilde. Placed on top of the pillars are two sculptures, one of the sculptures is a bronze figure of a pregnant naked woman kneeling this represents Oscars wife Constance, while the other pillar has a bronze male torso, representing Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
Merlin Holland, Wilde's grandson was the model used for the sculpture's head.

Inscription(s)

Sculptor

• Danny Osborne (Dorset, England, 1949), English/Irish sculptor - resident of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Cork, Ireland (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Art in Parks: A Guide to Sculpture in Dublin City Council Parks (Dublin, 2014) (PDF on-line).
• Neal Doherty, The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin City (Blackrock: Orpen Press, 2015), no. A1-A3.
• Oscar Wilde Fan Club, The Oscar Wilde Memorial Statue in Merrion Square Dublin.
• Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.
• h2g2, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition, Extended Dublin Statue Trail, Created Nov 19, 2002 | Updated Nov 25, 2014.

Tags

• Town: Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath
• County: Co. Dublin - Contae Átha Cliath
• Country: Ireland
• Osborne, Danny
• Statue (man sitting)
• Torso
• Wilde, Oscar
• Woman (kneeling)
• Woman (nude)
• Writer / poet

Locatie (N 53°20'26" - W 6°15'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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