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Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954)
Estimate:
€10,000 - €15,000
Sold
€9,500
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
19 by 25in. (48.3 by 63.5cm)
Description
Title: LAUNCHING THE CURRACHS, WEST OF IRELAND
Frame dimensions: 26.5 by 32.5in. (67.3 by 82.6cm)
Note: Lilian Davidson came from humble beginnings in Bray, Co. Wicklow where she was educated privately before attending the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. She was closely associated with the Watercolour Society of Ireland with whom she exhibited from 1912 until 1953 and with the RHA which exhibited 135 works by the artist over a forty year period from 1914. Davidson exhibited widely with the Dublin Painters’ exhibitions, the Oireachtas and in 1920 in a joint show with Mainie Jellett. She is also recorded as exhibiting abroad in the 1930s in London, Amsterdam, Chicago and at the Salon de la Société Nationale in Paris (1924 and 1930). A solo show in Dublin was held in 1936 which comprised 36 works, among them a portrait of George Russell. In 1940 she was made an Associate to the RHA. Davidson set up a studio and taught in Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin where she counted among her protégés; Bea Orpen and Kitty Wilmer O’Brien. She was closely associated with theatre in Dublin and designed sets, wrote plays and painted scenery for the Torch Theatre which she helped found in the 1930s.
Condition
Cracking visible throughout. These areas appear stable and have not led to flaking. Some surface dust visible on reverse. Otherwise very good condition.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed with monogram lower left