Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000
Price Realised: €2,000
Size: 17½ x 13in. (44.45 x 33.02cm) Framed Size: 21 x 16.50in. (53.34 x 41.91cm) Condition: Very good, couple of tone spots; pasted down to board, which is foxed. Provenance: James Adam & Bonhams, 10 Jun 2009, Lot number 140; Private collection. Watercolour, signed and dated lower right. Like his mentor, William Orpen Leo Whelan (1892-1956) gravitated towards portraiture and was highly sought after from an early age. His first exhibit in the RHA in 1911 was a portrait, Dr O'Connell-R...Read more Watercolour, signed and dated lower right. Like his mentor, William Orpen Leo Whelan (1892-1956) gravitated towards portraiture and was highly sought after from an early age. His first exhibit in the RHA in 1911 was a portrait, Dr O'Connell-Redmond J.P., F.R.C.S.I (no. 347) and during his years showing with the RHA (from 1911 to 1956, 1957 (the late) portraiture would make-up the bulk of his exhibits which totalled 260 works. Along with Sean Keating and Sean O'Sullivan Leo Whelan played a critical role in building a visual identity for the newly independent Ireland. Among his numerous portraits were Michael Collins (1922 and 1943) Count John McCormack (1930) The Hon. Ernest Guinness (1932) Sean Lemass (1945) Dr Douglas Hyde (1945, Collection of Áras an Uachtaráin) Eamon De Valera (1955). He was also tasked with painting the G.H.Q Staff of the Pre-Treaty I.R.A., 1922 (unfinished) which portrayed all thirteen figures from life and he designed the first Free State commemorative postal stamp issued in 1929 for the Centenary of Catholic Emancipation. Thomas MacGreevy, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1950 to 1963 said that of all Orpen's pupils 'Mr Whelan is perhaps nearest to his master in sheer skill.' Visualise on Your Wall Using Art Visualiser 1. Scan the QR Code / Download Art Visualiser if it's your 1st time 2. Press Visualise On Wall / Aim your phone at your floor while it calibrates * 3. Move your position until it meets the floor and bottom of your wall 4. Click the Pin icon to lock it into place and the painting will appear on your wall 5. You can move the painting around with your finger and move your position to see the painting from different angles * Older mobile devices will require an AR Marker to be downloaded, printed on A4 and positioned on your wall Close
Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000
Price Realised: €2,000
Size: 17½ x 13in. (44.45 x 33.02cm) Framed Size: 21 x 16.50in. (53.34 x 41.91cm) Condition: Very good, couple of tone spots; pasted down to board, which is foxed. Provenance: James Adam & Bonhams, 10 Jun 2009, Lot number 140; Private collection. Watercolour, signed and dated lower right. Like his mentor, William Orpen Leo Whelan (1892-1956) gravitated towards portraiture and was highly sought after from an early age. His first exhibit in the RHA in 1911 was a portrait, Dr O'Connell-R...Read more Watercolour, signed and dated lower right. Like his mentor, William Orpen Leo Whelan (1892-1956) gravitated towards portraiture and was highly sought after from an early age. His first exhibit in the RHA in 1911 was a portrait, Dr O'Connell-Redmond J.P., F.R.C.S.I (no. 347) and during his years showing with the RHA (from 1911 to 1956, 1957 (the late) portraiture would make-up the bulk of his exhibits which totalled 260 works. Along with Sean Keating and Sean O'Sullivan Leo Whelan played a critical role in building a visual identity for the newly independent Ireland. Among his numerous portraits were Michael Collins (1922 and 1943) Count John McCormack (1930) The Hon. Ernest Guinness (1932) Sean Lemass (1945) Dr Douglas Hyde (1945, Collection of Áras an Uachtaráin) Eamon De Valera (1955). He was also tasked with painting the G.H.Q Staff of the Pre-Treaty I.R.A., 1922 (unfinished) which portrayed all thirteen figures from life and he designed the first Free State commemorative postal stamp issued in 1929 for the Centenary of Catholic Emancipation. Thomas MacGreevy, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1950 to 1963 said that of all Orpen's pupils 'Mr Whelan is perhaps nearest to his master in sheer skill.' Visualise on Your Wall Using Art Visualiser 1. Scan the QR Code / Download Art Visualiser if it's your 1st time 2. Press Visualise On Wall / Aim your phone at your floor while it calibrates * 3. Move your position until it meets the floor and bottom of your wall 4. Click the Pin icon to lock it into place and the painting will appear on your wall 5. You can move the painting around with your finger and move your position to see the painting from different angles * Older mobile devices will require an AR Marker to be downloaded, printed on A4 and positioned on your wall Close
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