FROM the classical Irish landscapes of Paul Henry to the surreal visions of Colin Middleton the
James Adam sale of Important Irish art in Dublin on December 4 covers vast tracts of artistic Irish ground. There are 177 lots. The pain of emigration as felt by some many millions of Irish people is captured in Alfred Grey’s The Emigrants last Farewell and the consolations of the pub for those left behind by artists like Sean Keating, Jack B. Yeats and Harry Kernoff. Louis le Brocquy’s Travellers, a tapestry from 1948, shows another aspect of Ireland and Tony O’Malley’s Irish Place, Callan, Co. Kilkenny opens our eyes to the country in another way. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection.

Colin Middleton RHA MBE (1910-1983) Opus 1 40 Magpie Delivery 1942 (25,000-25,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 23,000

John Luke RUA (1906-1975) Shaw’s Bridge Belfast (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Alfred Grey RHA (1845-1926) The Emigrants Last Farewell Signed Inscribed ”John Ford, Passenger to New York” on label on top of basket (1,000-1,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER

Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) A Connemara Village (1939) Oil on board (50,000-70,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 58,000

Tony O’Malley HRHA (1913-2003) Irish Place, Callan, Co. Kilkenny 1979 (15,000-20,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 27,000

Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) The Day’s First Customer (1952) (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 115,000

Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (b.1932) Angel I Acrylic on canvas (35,000-45,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Louis Le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) Travellers (1948) Aubusson Tapestry (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 80,000 AT HAMMER

Andrew Nicholl RHA (1804-1886) A View of a Castle Through a Bank of Poppies and Wild Flowers Watercolour (6,000-8,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,000 AT HAMMER

Patrick Hennessy RHA (1915-1980) Brocade and Fruit, Guildhall Galleries, Chicago label verso (6,000-8,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,000 AT HAMMER

Frederick E. McWilliam HRUA RA (1909-1992) Study for Homer II Bronze (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER

Seán Keating PRHA (1889-1977) ‘Pipes and Porter’ (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 80,000 AT HAMMER