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Eileen Reid (1894-1981)
AN OFFICER, 1923 and THE RED WAISTCOAT (A PAIR)
oil on canvas; (2)
the first, signed “Oulton” (artist’s maiden name),
inscribed and dated on reverse; second, signed and
with exhibition label on reverse
27½ by 21in. (69 by 53cm)
Provenance:
Both by descent from the artist to the present
owner
Exhibited:
‘The studio of Eileen Reid, 1894-1981’, Cynthia
O’Connor Gallery, Dublin, 3-21 December 1984,
catalogue nos. 30 and 18, respectively
Dimensions of
The Red Waistcoat
, 24 by 16ins.
Re:
An Officer, 1923
Submitted for the annual exam at the Royal Academy
Schools, 1924.This is possibly a portrait of the artist’s
husband Hugh C. Reid, who served in the Colonial Office
in Nigeria.The pair married in June 1923 in St Stephen’s
Church, Dublin. Reid returned to Nigeria immediately after,
only to contract black water fever and die in February
1924.
Born Eileen Oulton, she lived most of her life at 19 Upper
Mount St., Dublin. Interested in both art and music, she
studied first at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and later
at the RA School of Art London. Her early paintings show
the influence of William Orpen who was a friend of the
family. She married in 1923 but was widowed within a
year, and soon afterwards abandoned oil painting in
favour of watercolours. She was secretary for the WCSI for
over 30 years , allowing administrative work to come
before her own art. A retrospective was held at the
Cynthia O’Connor Gallery in 1984. See
Snoddy
, p. 555-556.
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£830-£1,240 approx.)
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Mildred Anne Butler RWS (1858-1941)
“AN OLD SONG” [PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S SISTER
ESSIE BUTLER], 1886
watercolour
signed with initials lower right; with various exhibition
labels on reverse; also with Oriel Gallery label on
reverse
10 by 6½in. (25 by 15cm)
Provenance:
Christie’s, Glasgow, 28 October 1988, lot 297;
with Oriel Gallery, Dublin;
Private collection
Exhibited:
The Butler Society, Kilkenny, 1982 (illustrated on front
cover of catalogue)
‘Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941): An Irish Edwardian
Watercolour Collection’, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery,
Cork, 25 August to 30 September 1987, catalogue no. 5
(illustrated on cover of catalogue);
‘Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941)’, Ulster Museum
Belfast, 29 April to 12 June, 1988 and Royal Hospital,
Kilmainham, Dublin, July to October 1988, catalogue
no. 3
€
3,000-
€
5,000 (£2,480-£4,130 approx.)
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