About Margaret Irwin West
Born 1926. Margaret Irwin West is a printmaker.
Margaret "Mo" Irwin West (born 1926; née Irwin) is an Indian-born Irish printmaker.
Early life Margaret Irwin was born in the Central Provinces of British India in 1926 to Anglo-Irish parents. Her father was from County Roscommon and worked in the Indian Civil Service. She lived in County Wicklow from the age of nine, and was taught drawing by Lilian Davidson. She studied languages at Trinity College, Dublin.
Career
Irwin West studied at the atelier of André Lhote in Paris. Later, she studied at the Graphic Studio Dublin. She works in etching, chine-collé, intaglio and painting. She taught at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD, Dublin) from 1982 to 1991.
Personal life
Margaret Irwin married Rodney West in 1957; they had two children.
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