Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876 - 1958) A Farm in County Down (1934-5) Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 40.5cm, (14 x 16'') Signed Exhibited: ''Recent Paintings by Paul Henry'' The Eaton Galleries Toronto,...

Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876 - 1958) A Farm in County Down (1934-5) Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 40.5cm, (14 x 16'') Signed Exhibited: ''Recent Paintings by Paul Henry'' The Eaton Galleries Toronto, catalogue no. 22: ''Recent Paintings by Paul Henry, 1937, Dublin '' Combridges Gallery, Dublin, catalogue no. 22: ''Paul Henry Retrospective'' The National Gallery of Ireland, February - May 2003, catalogue no. 90 where miscatalogued as 'Near Glenbeigh Co. Kerry'. Literature: ''Paul Henry Retrospective Catalogue'' Illustrated p.119. ''Paul Henry: Catalogue Raisonn?'' by Brian Kennedy, catalogue no. 857, p.270. The treatment of the windswept trees recalls some of Henry's work of the 1920's. The remains of a label on the reverse reads : Farm in County Down' The setting is probably the Mourne Mountains. Paul and Mabel made a painting trip to the North of Ireland in the summer of 1936, and several of Paul's new pictures- In the Mourne Mountains, Rough Sea, Antrim Coast, and Ulster Farm, amongst them- he exhibited later that year in Toronto. The Toronto show opened at the Eaton Galleries on 19th September and ran until 2nd October. It was an outcome of negotiations begun the previous year. Paul thought of traveling to Canada for it, but was put off by the expense. In all thirty pictures were included of scenes in counties Antrim, Donegal and Kerry.

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