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Lot 59 Kitty Wilmer O'Brien-THE MALL, WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO, c.1960s
Kitty Wilmer O'Brien-THE MALL, WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO, c.1960s
oil on board
18 by 24in., 45.72 by 60.96cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance: Collection of the artist's family;
Private collection
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Notes: Letter of authenticity from the artist's family included with this lot. Kitty Wilmer O’Brien was a well-known and respected exhibitor in Dublin art circles for over fifty years. She entered the RHA schools in 1926 and distinguished herself there by winning prizes for drawing and painting. In 1933 she won the coveted Taylor Scholarship, which enabled her to go to London to study at the Slade. Three years later she married surgeon Dr Brendan O’Brien, son of her former mentor, Dermod O’Brien PRHA. After a period spent abroad they settled in Dublin, at 65 Fitzwilliam Square, from where she submitted works to the Society of Dublin Painters, the RHA and the WCSI, of which she was President from 1962 to 1981.
oil on board
18 by 24in., 45.72 by 60.96cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance: Collection of the artist's family;
Private collection
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes: Letter of authenticity from the artist's family included with this lot. Kitty Wilmer O’Brien was a well-known and respected exhibitor in Dublin art circles for over fifty years. She entered the RHA schools in 1926 and distinguished herself there by winning prizes for drawing and painting. In 1933 she won the coveted Taylor Scholarship, which enabled her to go to London to study at the Slade. Three years later she married surgeon Dr Brendan O’Brien, son of her former mentor, Dermod O’Brien PRHA. After a period spent abroad they settled in Dublin, at 65 Fitzwilliam Square, from where she submitted works to the Society of Dublin Painters, the RHA and the WCSI, of which she was President from 1962 to 1981.
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