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Estella Frances Solomons HRHA (1882-1968)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €4,000
Sold
€4,100
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
17 by 21.50in. (43.2 by 54.6cm)
Description
Title: A GAY DAY IN DONEGAL, 1915
Note: In the catalogue entry for the present work in Irish Women Artists the author notes: "Estella Solomons visited Holland to paint landscapes in 1922, and at home continually explored the vicinity of Dublin. But it was not until 1914 or 1915 that she went to Donegal and here she developed her sense of colour. She was to return to Donegal repeatedly. Æ [George Russell] was already there, painting the more settled area around Marble Hill Bay, but Estella Solomons was drawn to the wild headlands and depths of the sea. Her manner is rapid and expressionist, using wedges of gleaming colour, with brilliant highlights. The whole view is vivacious, full of moving sea, shifting light and clouds, capturing the essence of a sunny day on the Donegal coast."
Note: In the catalogue entry for the present work in Irish Women Artists the author notes: "Estella Solomons visited Holland to paint landscapes in 1922, and at home continually explored the vicinity of Dublin. But it was not until 1914 or 1915 that she went to Donegal and here she developed her sense of colour. She was to return to Donegal repeatedly. Æ [George Russell] was already there, painting the more settled area around Marble Hill Bay, but Estella Solomons was drawn to the wild headlands and depths of the sea. Her manner is rapid and expressionist, using wedges of gleaming colour, with brilliant highlights. The whole view is vivacious, full of moving sea, shifting light and clouds, capturing the essence of a sunny day on the Donegal coast."
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed with initials lower left; inscribed on reverse
Provenance
Purchased in 1936 by D. A. O'Liaháin;
Private collection
Literature
Ed., Ryan-Smolin, W., Mayes, E., & Rogers, J., 'Irish Women Artists', National Gallery of Ireland and Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1987, p.118, catalogue no. 76 (illustrated)
Exhibited
RHA, Dublin, 1915, catalogue no. 55;
'Irish Women Artists', National Gallery of Ireland and Douglas Hyde Gallery and The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, July to August 1987, catalogue no. 76 (lent by D. A. O'Liaháin)
