Brief Biography-Aloysius O’Kelly was born in Dublin in 1853. He was a nephew of the sculptor John Lawlor who apprenticed him in London. In Paris, he was a disciple of Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts. O’Kelly was known to paint pictures of his brother James J. O’Kelly’s political involvement in Ireland. In addition, he exhibited Breton and Egyptian scenes in the Dublin and London Academies. They published his Land League series when working for the Illustrated London News. He eventually retired to New York and taught in Brooklyn, where he died in 1936.