Paul Kelly: In Hinde Sight [2021] hardback Condition:New Federico was la luce dell'Italia

Federico was la luce dell'Italia - 'the light of Italy'

such as the level of air pollution at the time the painting was created

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Paul Kelly: In Hinde Sight [2021] hardback Condition:New Federico was la luce dell'ItaliaDespite the famously uncooperative Irish weather, John Hinde's postcards of Ireland featured bright sunshine and blue skies, a country seemingly peopled entirely with redheads, happy donkeys carrying turf, and charming cottages that appeared to grow upward from the earth itself. Cars and sweaters were in primary colours, and scarlet rhododendrons sprang up in the unlikeliest of places. John Hinde had a clear vision: 'We need to be uplifted rather than