WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART Monday 19 October 2020

IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 19 October 2020 AT 6PM 17 9 Kathleen Isabella Mackie ARUA (1899-1996) THE GREY WALLS (BLOODY FORELAND), COUNTY DONEGAL, 1959 oil on board signed lower left; with exhibition labels on reverse 14 by 20in. (35.6 by 50.8cm) Frame size: 22 by 28in. (56 by 71cm.) Exhibited: Royal Ulster Academy, 1959, no. 33; ’Retrospective Exhibition’, Castle Espie Gallery, Comber, 1985, catalogue no. 52 Literature: Eamonn Mallie & Paddy Mackie, Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie: The Life andWork of an Ulster Artist, 2009, catalogue no. 107, p.258 & 259 (full-page colour illustration) €1,500-€2,000 (£1,330-£1,780 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot9 Provenance lots 9-12: Family of the artist Born Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe in Belfast in 1899, she studied at the Richmond Lodge School and later at Alexandra College, Dublin. Upon returning home, she enrolled at the Belfast School of Art, whilst also taking private lessons from the watercolourist Jessie Douglas. In 1921, she entered the Royal Academy in London, and the following year won the coveted Taylor Scholarship. Her interest in landscape led to her friendship with Frank Egginton, whilst another fellow artist, Eileen Reid encouraged her to exhibit with the WCSI. A retrospective of her work was held by the Ulster Museum in 1996. For an in-depth study on this fascinating artist and pioneering glider pilot see Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie: The Life andWork of an Ulster Artist, 2009.