Artist: George Russell (AE) (1867-1935) Title: Three Children on a Beach Signature: monogrammed Æ lower right Medium: oil on canvas Size: 35.70 x 57cm (14 x 22in) Provenance: De Vere's, Dublin, 22nd June 1999, Lot 48; Private Collection More info: Click to read more about this lot George William Russell was born in Lurgan, County Armagh in 1867 but his family relocated to Dublin when he was eleven years old. He was educated at Rathmines School and the Metropolitan School of Art. Russell's interests were wide-ranging; he became a theosophist and wrote extensively on politics and economics, while continuing to paint and write poetry. Russell claimed to be a clairvoyant, able to view various kinds of spiritual beings, which he illustrated in his paintings and drawings. Russell wrote with the pseudonym Æ (sometimes written AE or A.E.).
Artist: George Russell (AE) (1867-1935) Title: Three Children on a Beach Signature: monogrammed Æ lower right Medium: oil on canvas Size: 35.70 x 57cm (14 x 22in) Provenance: De Vere's, Dublin, 22nd June 1999, Lot 48; Private Collection More info: Click to read more about this lot George William Russell was born in Lurgan, County Armagh in 1867 but his family relocated to Dublin when he was eleven years old. He was educated at Rathmines School and the Metropolitan School of Art. Russell's interests were wide-ranging; he became a theosophist and wrote extensively on politics and economics, while continuing to paint and write poetry. Russell claimed to be a clairvoyant, able to view various kinds of spiritual beings, which he illustrated in his paintings and drawings. Russell wrote with the pseudonym Æ (sometimes written AE or A.E.).
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