Paul Henry (1876-1958) Cottages by Mountains 1916-20 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29cm (10 x 11.5'') Provenance: Major William Kirkwood and his wife Harriet Kirkwood,who received it as a gift from the...

Paul Henry (1876-1958) Cottages by Mountains 1916-20 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29cm (10 x 11.5'') Provenance: Major William Kirkwood and his wife Harriet Kirkwood,who received it as a gift from the artist, and by whom passed to Elizabeth May McGeown (n?e Wall); thence by descent. Exhibited: Pictures of the West of Ireland by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Henry, Mills' Hall, Dublin, 16-28 April 1917 (catalogue number unknown). Literature: Possibly thought to be S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations (Yale University Press: New Haven and London), 2007, catalogue number 445, p. 190. This composition may be A Wayside Village (Kennedy number 445) but of this one cannot be sure. Certainly the manner of execution suggests a date of around 1916-20. The setting is almost certainly Connemara. For a similar composition see Cottages in Connemara, 1922-5, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo (Kennedy number 598). Dr. Brian Kennedy, September 2008

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