Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 12th November 2018

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 12 th N ovember 2018 at 6.00 pm 91 76 Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) The Winners signed lower left and titled on reverse oil on board 46 x 61cm (18x 24in) Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, The Irish Sale, 16th May 2002, Lot 262; Private Collection €8,000-€12,000 (£7,142-£10,714) There’s a fauvist boldness and freshness to Daniel O’Neill’s painting of sailing boats in a rocky bay. The motif is charged with allegorical import, but the brusque handling is far removed from the more sentimental figures usually associated with the artist. In place of dreamy romanticism there is an almost sombre, brooding power.