Dony MacManus

Donal "Dony" MacManus is an Irish sculptor and educator.

MacManus graduated with a degree from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, as well as an Art Teaching Diploma. He worked as a teacher in St. David's, Artane, Dublin. He studied in New York Academy of Art gaining a Masters. ^[1] He has a number of sculptures on display in New York and Washington, D.C.

MacManus returned to Ireland in 2004 and founded Irish Academy of Figurative Art, in Ranelagh in Dublin. ^[2]

In 2011 MacManus co-founded the Sacred Art School, ^[3] in Florence, Italy. ^[4] He is also a board member of Newman College Ireland.

Works

The Linesman (1999) at City quay, Dublin

• The Linesman (1999), Dublin Docklands ^[5]
• St Josemaría Escrivá (2000), bronze for the Catholic Information Center, Washington, D.C.
• Hobey Baker (2001), cast bronze, St. Paul's School, New Hampshire. U.S.A.
• St Joseph and the Child Jesus (2002), bronze for the Catholic Information Center, Washington, D.C.
• Cardinal Newman (2004), Catholic Information Center, Washington, D.C.
• St Joseph and the Child Jesus (2007) cast bronze, Tallahassee, Florida.
• The Game Piece, originally on N4, moved to Jail Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
• Theology of the Body Sculpture
• Archbishop Fulton Sheen (2016), Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, New York. ^[6]
• Bishop William O'Higgins St. Mary's Church, Drumlish, Co. Longford, 2020.

References

1. Arlington Forum Lecture Dony MacManus – Restoring a Theology of Body in Art Archived 8 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Irish Academy of Figurative Art". Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
3. Faculty Sacred Art School
4. Florence Sacred Art School Seeks Religious Renaissance Huffington Post Religion
5. The Linesman Archived 19 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Dublin Docklands Authority
6. Archbishop Sheen Statue inspire a new generation by Michael Kelly, Irish Catholic, 30 June 2015.