Nationality Irish | ||
Full Name Hon. Grania Sybil Enid Wingfield Books Irish Trees: Myths, Legends & Folklore, Irish Wild Plants: Myths, Legends & Folklore | ||
Grania Sybil Enid Langrishe (born 1934) is an Irish botanical illustrator and artist.
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Life
Born Grania Sybil Enid Wingfield in 25 April 1934 to Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt and Sheila Claude Beddington. She married Sir Hercules Ralph Hume Langrishe, 7th Baronet on 21 April 1955. The couple had four children, the youngest of whom is the artist Atalanta Pollock.
Though she grew up in the Powerscourt Estate, her mother moved the family to Bermuda for a while during her childhood. This inspired her lifelong fascination with plants. Although Langrishe had no formal training, she began painting botanical illustrations in watercolour. Langrishe was elected to the Watercolour Society of Ireland in 1984. Langrishe regularly exhibits with the Watercolour Society. Her work was commissioned for two books on trees and plants in Ireland.
Grania Langrishe lives at Arlonstown, Dunsany, County Meath.