€80
Star Lot: A delightful original Mabel G. Young R.H.A. (b.1889 - d.1974) watercolour on paper painting titled "Farmstead on Bloody Foreland," featuring a coastal landscape scene of a rural dwelling with chickens grazing in the yard, looking out to the sea in the distance. Rendered in fine detail with short delicate brushstrokes in a soft palette. Signed bottom right and housed in a handsome gilt frame. Young is a well renowned artist whose work has fetched €7,700 at Whyte's. There is a super video of this lot on Facebook, Instagram and Tic Tok under South Dublin Auction.
MM: 56 x 48 cm including frame
Mabel Young was the student and second wife of Paul Henry RHA. Born on the Isle of Wight in 1889, she came to Dublin in 1914 to assist her sister, who was then housekeeper of the Shelbourne Hotel. In 1924, whilst on a holiday in Wicklow, she met Paul Henry and with his encouragement and advice began painting. Four years later she exhibited at the RHA, showing thirty two works there over the following years until 1961. Other exhibitions were held at Combridges and in the Shelbourne, and she was included in the 1953 Contemporary Irish Art exhibition at Aberystwyth in Wales. In 1962 she had a one-person show at the Ritchie Hendiks Gallery in Dublin. Her works are included in many private and public collections including the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin. She became famous for her paintings of trees.
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