Walter Frederick Osborne RHA ROI (1859-1903) Potato Gathering Oil on board, 32 x 38cm (12½ x 15'') Signed and dated 1888 Exhibited: Dublin Art Club 1889, no. 30, 30 Guineas; ''Walter Osborne...

Walter Frederick Osborne RHA ROI (1859-1903) Potato Gathering Oil on board, 32 x 38cm (12½ x 15'') Signed and dated 1888 Exhibited: Dublin Art Club 1889, no. 30, 30 Guineas; ''Walter Osborne Exhibition'', The National Gallery of Ireland and The Ulster Museum Belfast 1983/4, catalogue no. 33; The Frederick Gallery,Dublin, June 1983, p.85 (illus); ''The French Connection'', The Ava Gallery, Clandeboye, August-September 2010, and the Hunt Museum Limerick, September-October 2010, Cat. No. 30 Literature: ''Walter Osborne'' by Jeanne Sheehy 1974 No. 180; ''Walter Osborne'' NGI, illustrated p.85 Jenny Sheehy wrote ''The theme of this work is reminiscent of Bastien-Lepage's 'Saison d'Octobre' though the comparison underline the difference between Osborne and the French Naturalist tradition. Bastien-Lepage is concerned, in the way that recalls Millet, with the condition of the labourer, whereas Osborne is more interested in the rural activity as part of the landscape''

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