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Sir Hugh Lane was born in Ireland in but raised in England and on the Continent.

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By the turn of the 20th century, he had established a successful London career as a dealer in Old Master paintings.

His principal clients were in America and South Africa. At about the same time, he reconnected with his Irish roots, notably with his aunt, the writer Augusta, Lady Gregory of Coole Park, and her circle of literary and artistic friends at the centre of the Celtic Revival, including William Butler Yeats, George Moore, Sean O’Casey and John Synge.

From the moment he reconnected with his aunt, Moore noted, Lane “must always be doing for Ireland.” His chief project, to which he devoted tireless energy and many years of his life, was the establishment of a municipal gallery of modern art in Dublin. It would have been the first gallery specifically devoted to modern art in the world.

To this end, Lane mounted exhibitions of modern art in the city, encouraged collectors t Hugh Lane - Wikiwand QEN