WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 27th September 2021 at 6pm

152 121 William Henry Bartlett ROI RBC (1858-1932) A GAME OF DOMINOES, BRITTANY, 1893 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right 22 by 31in. (55.9 by 78.7cm) Frame Dimensions: 28 by 37in. (71.1 by 94cm) There is some craquelure in the dark portions of the lower left quarter. Otherwise very good condition. Bartlett was born in England and studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris under Gérôme, Bouguereau and Fleury. He was elected RBA in 1879, around which time he also visited Ireland for the first time. Works exhibited in the early 1880s include Going to Market at Roundstone from Deer Island, West Coast of Ireland, An Evicted Tenant, Connemara andWaiting for the Turf Boats, Roundstone. He returned to Ireland frequently showing three works at the RHA (in 1897 and 1905) and in 1911 was recorded with an address in Donegal. From 1880 onwards he exhibited more than forty works at the RA. Other exhibiting venues included the Fine Art Society in London and the ROI. He is represented in The National Gallery of Ireland, and in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, as well as public galleries in England including Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds and Liverpool, and Melbourne Australia. €20,000-€30,000 (£17,090-£25,640 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot121