Margaret Stokes (1916-1966) – Twilight, Merrion Square, Dublin. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £1,536
This oil on canvas by Margaret Stokes is at Bonhams sale of Modern British and Irish Art at Knightsbridge in London on July 16. The artist was a pupil at The Royal Hibernian Academy School and won the Purser Griffin Scholarship which she used to attend the Glasgow School of Art and later went to the Edinburgh College of Art. Her first influence was her cousin Mainie Jellett who gave her art lessons from an early age. This work is estimated at €800-€1,200.