Richard O’Neill (1923-2009) – May 1916, a painting which depicts Tom Clarke before his execution. UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER
May 1916, a large work depicting Tom Clarke blindfolded before a stone wall awaiting execution, was Richard O’Neill’s contribution to a 1966 exhibition at Dublin’s Municipal Gallery. The focus of the show with invited artists was to commemorate the Easter Rising through contemporary art.
The artwork is at €3,000-€5,000 the most expensively estimated lot at a timed online art auction at James Adam in Dublin until August 14. Richard O’Neill, A Painter Rediscovered offers 62 works by the artist along with art by his friends and mentors Patrick Pye, Anne Yeats, Ruth Brandt, Harry Kernoff, Sean Keating, John Kelly and Patrick Hickey. The Waterford born Dublin based artist, who died in 2009, received a scholarship to the National College of Art and graduated in 1941. He first exhibited at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1952 and is somewhat overlooked today. Adams say he deserves to be re-assessed.
Richard O’Neill (1923-2009) – Hot Summer. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500 AT HAMMER
