John Cassidy (artist)

John Cassidy (artist)

John Cassidy (1 January, 1860 – 19 July, 1939), Irish sculptor and painter, was born in Littlewood Commons, Slane, County Meath. He moved to Dublin at the age of 20 to find work. In Dublin he attended art classes at night and won a scholarship to study in Milan, Italy. After two years he moved to Manchester, England where he lived for the rest of his life. He created many public sculptures, especially war memorials and exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Hibernian Academy and in Manchester City Art Gallery.

External links

* [http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/exhibition/cassidy/ John Cassidy, Sculptor] by the John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
* [http://community.meath.ie/slanehistoricalsociety/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=76&op=page&SubMenu= John Cassidy] by Slane Historical Society.
* [http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/ John Cassidy, Manchester Sculptor] by Charlie Hulme and Lis Nicolson.


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