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Kitty Wilmer O’Brien RHA PWCSI (1910-1982)
THE MALL,WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO, c.1960s
oil on board
18 by 24in. (45.72 by 60.96cm)
Provenance:
Collection of the artist’s family;
Private collection
Letter of authenticity from the artist’s family included
with this lot.
Kitty Wilmer O’Brien was a well-known and respected
exhibitor in Dublin art circles for over ffty years. She
entered the RHA schools in 1926 and distinguished
herself there by winning prizes for drawing and painting.
In 1933 she won the coveted Taylor Scholarship, which
enabled her to go to London to study at the Slade. Three
years later she married surgeon Dr Brendan O’Brien, son
of her former mentor, Dermod O’Brien PRHA. After a
period spent abroad they settled in Dublin, at 65
Fitzwilliam Square, from where she submitted works to
the Society of Dublin Painters, the RHA and the WCSI, of
which she was President from 1962 to 1981.
€2,500-€3,500 (£2,049-£2,868 approx).
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Moila Powell (1895-1994)
OLD MILL, MIDHURST, SUSSEX
gouache on paper
signed with initials lower right; with title inscribed on
studio label with Atelier stamp on reverse
14 by 19in. (35.56 by 48.26cm)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist;
Duncalfe Galleries, Harrogate;
Private collection;
Whyte’s, 9 October 2001, lot 132;
Where purchased by the present owner
This might be the work of Norah McGuinness as Moila
Powell painted with her in both England and Ireland
and they were great friends. McGuinness left many
paintings and drawings in Moila Powell’s studio, some
of which were, according to her daughter, accidentally
initialled by Powell when preparing for an exhibition in
The Harborough Gallery, Leicester.
€1,500-€1,800 (£1,229-£1,475 approx).
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Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
THREE FIGURES
oil on paper
signed with initials lower right; with inscribed
Caldwell Galleries label on reverse
8 by 11in. (20.32 by 27.94cm)
Provenance:
Caldwell Galleries, Dublin;
Private collection
A rare early work, probably from the 1950s.
€1,500-€2,000 (£1,229-£1,639 approx).