Frances J. Kelly

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameFrances Josephine•Kelly (-Boland)
Used nameFrances J.•Kelly
Other namesJudy Boland
Born14 February 1908 in Drogheda, Louth (IRL)
Died20 August 2002 in Donnybrook, Dublin (IRL)
NOC Ireland

Biography

Irish painter Frances Kelly (later Boland) studied in Dublin at the Metropolitan School of Art and - with a travel scholarship - from 1932-35 in Paris. Back in Ireland she painted murals in a Dublin Hospital, and those at the old Russell Hotel. She specialized in still lifes. Her husband was well-known diplomat Frederick Boland, Irish ambassador to Britain and the first Irish ambassador to the United Nations. Her daughter Eavan Boland (1944-2020) became a well-known poet and author. After getting married she exhibited less and less. In 1932, Kelly submitted a portrait of Dr. Hayes Dockrell, Swimming and Boxing Champion. Hayes Dockrell was a water polo Olympian in 1928 and became a well-known orthopaedic surgeon.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions IRL Frances J. Kelly
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC