WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART Monday 7 March 2022 from 6PM

10 1 Ciarán Clear (1920-2000) THE NIGHT TIDE oil on board signed lower right; signed and titled on reverse 20 by 28in. (50.8 by 71.1cm) Frame size: 24 by 32in. (61 by 81.3cm) Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner Ciarán Clear is best known for dramatic moonlight scenes of his native Rush in North County Dublin and of Connemara. He was a founding member of the Fingal Artists Group in 1963, which included Maurice MacGonigal, Fergus O’Ryan, Bea Orpen, Patrick Leonard and Tom Nisbet. Together they held exhibitions throughout Ireland in a bid to make art more accessible to wider audiences. His first solo exhibition took place at the Goodwin gallery in Limerick and his last with Gerald Davis in Dublin in 1999. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was a keen musician as well as being involved in his local Dramatic Society in Rush. €3,500-€4,500 (£2,970-£3,810 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot1