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Art beyond frontiers, a dappled, exhilarating trans-frontier exhibition of modern and traditional sculptures
International Newspapers

Once again the frontier communes of Collex-Bossy (CH) and Ornex (F) have successfully cooperated in mounting an artistic and educational venture that brought delight and inspiration to many visitors from July to mid-September 2013. This was the fifth edition of the initiative Art en campagne — art in the countryside — dedicated this year to the real and figurative theme Au-delà des Bornes – Beyond boundary stones. True enough, we live on the national frontiers of France and Switzerland,…

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Joanna ‘Jo’ Hiffernan: Art and Beauty
International Newspapers

Of modest origins this “beautiful Irish woman” of good nature was born to a Catholic family in 1842/43. Her father was Patrick Hiffernan and her mother Katherine Hiffernan who died in 1862, aged 44. Joanna’s sister was Bridget Agnes who became Singleton. Little is known about the life of Joanna Hiffernan. The 1881 census of England lists her at an address in the parliamentary borough of Chelsea, age 38, with her sister Bridget and a Charles Hanson*, as visitors…

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