Editing Imogen Stuart (section)

==Style and material==
[[File:Imogen Stuart - Virgin and Child.jpg|''The Virgin and Child'' (1991), on display at [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]]|thumb|upright=0.6]]
Stuart's work is informed by 19th century German [[Expressionism|expressionist]] sculptors such as [[Ernst Barlach]], but in a sensibility also influenced by the later [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] and [[Gothic art]] periods.{{sfn|Robinson|2002|p=218}}{{sfn|Walker|1989|p=208}} She primarily carved [[Wood carving|wood]], but also worked from bronze, stone, steel, [[clay]] and [[terracotta]].{{sfn|Heaney|2024}}{{sfn|Daly|1974}}

Her first impression of Ireland in the late 1950s was of a country lackeing a distinct visual culture, which then sought to lay foundations for. Her work often combines modern European trends in modern art with styles and motifs from early medieval Irish [[illuminated manuscript]]s and [[Insular metalwork]]. It has been described as having a deep foundation in Christian spirituality, but in "its deceptive simplicity" is both modern and devotional.<ref>"[https://www.goethe.de/ins/ie/en/kul/sup/dsi/20734434.html#accordion_toggle_769707_1 Imogen Stuart: Suulptor]".  Goethe-Institute Ireland. Retrieved 20 April 2024</ref>

She also produced collections of silver, gold and bronze jewellery and a series of drawings.<ref name="a1" />