Yvonne Jammet (1900-1967) – Rue de Joules. UPDATE: THIS MADE 700 AT HAMMER
This oil on board by Yvonne Jammet kicks off a timed online online picture sale by James Adam in Dublin on July 16. The painter and sculptor spent her career in Ireland, was a member of the White Stag Group in the 1940’s and exhibited portraits, still lifes and landscapes at Victor Waddington’s Gallery in Dublin in 1943. She carved The twelve tribes for the Jewish synagogue in Terenure, Dublin. After the rebuilding of the Cross to St Michael’s church in Dun Laoghaire following a fire Jammet donated carved stations of the cross. She moved to Dublin with her husband Louis Jammet in 1928 to take over the running of his father’s restaurant. Restaurant Jammet was celebrated by Dubliners and popular with artists, writers and actors. The catalogue for the sale is online and the first 18 lots in the auction are by Jammet. Rue de Joules is estimated at €2,000-3,000.
