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Carmel Mooney
POOL OF FIRE
oil on canvas
signed lower left and right; with Liam Slattery
framing label on reverse
24 by 24in. (60.96 by 60.96cm)
Born in Kilkenny, Carmel Mooney studied at the National
College of Art & Design and later University College
Dublin where she holds a Diploma in the History of
European Painting.
Carmel Mooney had her first solo exhibition at the
Lincoln Gallery, Dublin, in 1983. A lecturer in the History
of Painting, she was also Artistic Director at Daon Scoil,
An Daingean, from 1981 to 1991.
In 1989 she spent time at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at
Annaghmakerrig, Co Monaghan, concentrating on
strengthening the structure of her painterly work, in
particular the role of line. A year later a visit to Lanzarote
introduced her to its volcanic landscape, and she
subsequently returned many times to work there.These
two events proved a significant turning point in the
development of her work and heralded the introduction
of her volcanic series of paintings, first shown at an
exhibition in Dublin in 1993. A fascination with volcanoes
has also taken her regularly to the still active Mount Etna
in Sicily. She is a member of l’Association Volcanologique
Européenne.The present work is an example of her much
admired Volcanic Series.
€
800-
€
1,200 (£640-£960 approx)
87
James Dixon (1887-1970)
MAGGIE THE COWS ARE IN THE CLOVER GO AND DRIVE THEM MAGGIE
TO THE OLD RED BARN, TORY ISLAND, 1968
oil on paper
signed, dated [16.06.1968] and inscribed lower right
22 by 29.5in. (55.88 by 74.93cm)
Provenance:
Purchased from artist through Derek Hill, 1967;
Private collection
The Irish artist and primitive landscape painter James Dixon was born on Tory
Island, County Donegal, and aside from the occasional visit to the mainland,
remained on the island all his life. He devoted himself to fishing and small
farming. He only started painting at the age of 72, after seeing a painter - Derek
Hill - at work on a landscape painting. Hill encouraged Dixon and provided him
with oils and other art materials, although Dixon made his own paintbrushes
from donkey’s hair. In due course it was Hill who introduced Dixon’s artworks to
the art world, thus helping Dixon to become an important figure in the history
of twentieth-century Irish painting. His painting is seen as an excellent example
of Outsider Art, and was the subject of a major exhibition at The Irish Museum
of Modern Art - Two Painters: Alfred Wallis and James Dixon, IMMA, Dublin,
September - November 1999.
€
3,000-
€
5,000 (£2,400-£4,000 approx)