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Howard Helmick (1845-1907)
AGAINST WITCHES, 1880
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower left
24 by 20in. (61 by 51cm)
Born in the United States, Helmick attended
the Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati
and later travelled to Paris and London where
he became friendly with artist James Abbott
McNeill Whistler. He exhibited at London’s
Royal Academy and several of the titles
shown there suggest Irish subjects.The RHA,
Dublin lists exhibits by him in 1879 and 1889
and his time spent in Cork was recorded by a
writer friend, Hawthorne.
For further reading see: Kinmonth, C., ‘Howard
Eaton Helmick Revisited; Matrimony and
Material Culture through Irish Art’ in V.
Krielkamp ed., Rural Ireland:The Inside Story
(Exhibition Catalogue, Boston
College/McMullen Museum, 2012), 89-102.
€
5,000-
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6,000 (£4,130-£4,960 approx.)
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James Mahoney ARHA
(1810-1879)
THE CHURCH OF ST. ROCH, PARIS, 1844
oil on canvas
extensively inscribed on exhibition label
on reverse
24 by 30in. (61 by 76cm)
Provenance:
The Collection of William Tighe of
Woodstock, Co. Kilkenny, acquired
through the Art Union of Ireland;
with the Gorry Gallery, Dublin;
Private collection
Exhibited:
RHA, Dublin, 1844, catalogue no. 55;
‘An Exhibition of 18th - 21st Century Irish
Paintings’, Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 26 May
to 8 June, 2013, catalogue no. 8
(illustrated on p. 9)
Cork native James Mahoney is best known for
his wonderful watercolours in the collection
of the National Gallery of Ireland which depict
the visit of Queen Victoria to the Industrial
Exhibition in Dublin (1853).
For further reading see: ‘An Exhibition of 18th
- 21st Century Irish Paintings’, Gorry Gallery,
Dublin, 26 May to 8 June, 2013.
€
4,000-
€
5,000 (£3,310-£4,130 approx.)
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