Joseph Malachy Kavanagh 107 RHA (1856-1918) A Breton Byeway Oil on canvas, 66 x 43.2cm (26 x 17'') Signed Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition 1886 cat. no. 1 Peintres Irlandaise en Bretagne, Musee...

Joseph Malachy Kavanagh 107 RHA (1856-1918) A Breton Byeway Oil on canvas, 66 x 43.2cm (26 x 17'') Signed Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition 1886 cat. no. 1 Peintres Irlandaise en Bretagne, Musee De Pont Aven, June - Sept 1999 cat. no. 15 Irish Painters in Brittany, The Crawford Gallery, Cork June - July 2001 The French Connection, The AVA Gallery, Sug/Sep 2010, cat. no. 12 illustrated p18 and afterwards at The Hunt Museum, Limerick Literature. Dublin University Review, RHA Art Supplement 1886 p5 Illustrated. ''Joseph Malcahy Kavanagh'' by Ethna Waldron The Capuchin Annual 1968 p314 - 327 Illustrated p320 ''Peintres Irlandaise en Bretagne'' Exhibition Catalogue by Catherine Puget Musee de Pont-Aven 1999 p50 Although older than Osborne, Kavanagh's career seemed to run side by side with that of Walter Osborne even before they set off together with Nathaniel Hill to study at Antwerp under Verlat in 1881. He is thought to have come to Brittany with Osborne in late 1882/early 1883 and painted in Quimperl?, Dinan and Pont-Aven very similar subjects to those of Hill and Osborne. When ''A Breton Byeway'' was first exhibited in 1886 it was described as ''a very charming and competent work''. The critic of the Dublin University Review Art Supplement commented ''This is an excellent example of Mr Kavanagh's work. The expectant attitude of the kid tells of someone coming along the path and adds a point of human interest to the landscape which renders the picture particularly pleasing''.

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