Dorothea Sharp (1875-1955) – The Young Goatherd – sold for 19,800.
A painting by the English artist Dorothea Sharp (1875-1955) was the top lot at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon last night. The Young Goatherd was new to market and had emerged from a collection in Schull in west Cork. It sold for 19,800 at hammer.
Sharp, who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1901 to 1948, was an honorary member of the St. Ives Society of Artists.
A landscape by the French artist Felix Ziem from the same collection sold for 5,800.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for December 9, 2013)