Editing Imogen Stuart (section)

==Work==
[[File:THE POPE WITH IRISH YOUTH AND THE HERITAGE WALL (IMOGEN STUART).jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''The heritage wall'', [[Maynooth]]<ref>"[https://seminary.maynoothcollege.ie/about/a-brief-history A Brief History of the College]". [[St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth]] [[County Kildare]]. Retrieved 31 March 2024</ref>]]
She became a prolific sculptor for both Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland church interiors. Well-known examples include the altarpieces and baptismal font in the [[Honan Chapel]], in [[Cork City]].{{sfn|Heaney|2024}}{{sfn|O'Callaghan|2016|p=168}}

{{quote box|"Within the sharply defined limits of material, subject, space, size and money given, I learned to develop within myself a great freedom of expression. My life is full of gifts or minor miracles. I never intellectualize – the eyes and senses dictate my hands directly. Once the work has been completed a symbolism becomes so obviously and profoundly evident that I have to regard it as supernatural."<ref>"[http://www.imogenstuart.com/biography Biography: Move To Ireland]". imogenstuart.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024</ref>|source=Imogen Stuart|align=right|width=35%}}

Her work also includes public art and monuments and portrait heads, including a bust of ex-president [[Mary Robinson]] now in [[Áras an Uachtaráin]] (the presidential residence in Dublin), and a Bust of the art critic [[Brian Fallon]].{{sfn|Scally|2024}} Her public sculptures  include the [[monumental sculpture]] of [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[St. Patrick's College, Maynooth]],{{sfn|Forristal|1987|pp=648–651}}{{sfn|Robinson|2002|p=222}} the 2005 ''Flame Of Human Dignity'' at the [[Irish College in Paris|Centre Culturel Irlandais]], Paris,{{sfn|Scally|2010}}{{sfn|Forristal|1987|pp=648–651}}

Her 1969 ''Statue of Saint Brendan'' was created with Ian Stuart and is positioned in the town square in [[Bantry]], County Cork.<ref>"[https://www.southernstar.ie/news/tv-doc-tells-story-of-st-brendan-sculptor-imogen-stuart-4278972 TV doc tells the story of St Brendan sculptor Imogen Stuart]". ''[[The Southern Star (County Cork)|Southern Star]]'', 6 December 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024</ref>

The stations of the Cross in [[Ballintubber Abbey]], Co. Mayo.  by Imogen Stuart are were commissioned in the early 1970's, Imogen repainted all the stations of the Cross for the Abbey's Octo Centenery in 2016, the station of the cross are displayed with pride on the walls of the Nave of the Historic Abbey.

She worked with architects, designers and [[metalsmith]]s throughout her career, including with Vicki Donovan, Phil O'Neill and Ciaran Byrne.{{sfn|Scally|2024}} With Donovan she produced the silver [[tabernacle]] in [[St. Mel's Cathedral, Longford|St. Mel's Cathedral]], [[Longford]].{{sfn|McDonagh|2014}}