Jack Pakenham: A Portraitist Haunted by History Jack Pakenham (b.1938) remains a singular figure in contemporary Irish art, recognized for his deeply personal engagement with the turbulent landscape of Northern Ireland and its reverberations within his artistic vision. Born in Dublin in 1938, Pakenham’s formative years were steeped in the atmosphere of political division and sectarian conflict—experiences that profoundly shaped his ae…