WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

88 58 Barry Castle (1935-2006) SPARE THE ROD, 1980 oil on board signed with monogram lower left; dated lower right; titled on Portal Gallery label on reverse 18 by 21.50in. (45.7 by 54.6cm) Frame Dimensions: 23.25 by 26.5in. (59.1 by 67.3cm) The daughter of author Maura Laverty, Barry Castle studied art at NCAD enrolling at the age of 15 and being taught by Seán Keating, Maurice MacGonagle and John Kelly, but left after two years. She did not continue to paint until she was taught a luminous technique by her self-taught husband Philip Castle (1929-2005). During her career Castle illustrated numerous books including her mother’s book, The Queen of Aran’s Daughter. Many of the originals for her illustrative work are now housed in the National Library of Ireland. Castle exhibited regularly from the 1970s in Dublin, Cork and London. She had her first major exhibition with London’s Portal Gallery in 1974, her husband first exhibited there in 1969. The gallery hosted solo and joint exhibitions of their work from the 1970s until the 1990s. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,290-£1,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot58