1938-1950

Biography of Thomas McGreevy

Biography of Thomas McGreevy, taken from The Irish Capuchin Annual 1965.

Courtesy of The Irish Capuchins.

Biography of Thomas McGreevy
Courtesy of The Irish Capuchins.

Biography of Thomas McGreevy

Biography of Thomas McGreevy, taken from The Irish Capuchin Annual 1965.

Courtesy of The Irish Capuchins.

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1938
Chief art critic for The Studio (until December 1940).

1941
When The National Gallery of London suspended its lecture series during the Blitz, MacGreevy helped remove pictures from London for safekeeping, and then returned to Dublin. Began writing for the Father Mathew Record and The Capuchin Annual. In November became art critic for The Irish Times (until December 1944).

1943
Joined the editorial staff of The Capuchin Annual.

1945
Jack B. Yeats: An Appreciation and an Interpretation published by Victor Waddington and Pictures in the Irish National Gallery by the Mercier Press.

1946
Moved to 24 Fitzwilliam Place with his recently widowed sister Nora Phelan and her three daughters.

1948
Made Chevalier de l'ordre de la Légion d'honneur by the French Government for his services to the Arts. Began a correspondence with the American poet Wallace Stevens, which was to last until Stevens' death in 1955.

1950
Appointed Director of the National Gallery of Ireland (a post he held until 1963).