Estella Solomons, HRHA (1882-1968) Going to Mass is at the next James Adam sale in Dublin.
THE gulf between a Vatican conclave and the catholic faith of the Irish peasant is evident in this genre scene by the Irish artist Estella Solomons. Going to Mass is an oil on canvas which depicts a simple scene commonplace throughout Ireland in bygone days. There is no grandeur or pomp about this simple act of faith practiced daily and weekly.
Instead it captures both the sense of hurry to be on time and the arrangements made for the smooth working of domestic life in the cottage while the massgoers are absent. The work, exhibited at the Crawford Gallery Solomons exhibition in 1986, comes up at the James Adam sale of Irish art in Dublin on March 26. The estimate is 3,000-5,000.