Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 29th April 2019

66 52 Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) Evening in Achill (1930-8) signed ‘PAUL HENRY’ lower left oil on board 51 x 61cm (20 x 24in) Provenance: Gorry Gallery, Dublin; Mrs Anne Ledwith, 1957; Thence by descent; Adam’s, Dublin 23rd March 2005 Lot 26; These Auction Rooms, 5th December 2016: Lot 64; Private Collection Literature: S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2007, p. 253, catalogue number 772 €150,000-€250,000 ($168,539-$280,898) (£127,118-£211,864) This is one of several compositions (cf. The Village by the Lake, Kennedy, 2007, cat. no. 613; West of Ireland Landscape with Cottages, Kennedy, 2007, cat. no. 614; and The Village by the Lake, Kennedy, 2007, cat. no. 632), all of similar imagery, which Henry painted in the mid-1920s and 1930s. While the venue cannot be identified in any of these pictures they are almost certainly scenes in Connemara. Moderate impasto has been employed throughout and good use has been made of the underlying board, as ground. As is common in Henry’s work, a little heavier impasto has been used in the mountains, the strip of water in the middle distance and in the foreground. The scene is serene and is a good example of Henry’s work. Dated 1930-8 on stylistic grounds. Dr. S.B. Kennedy, March 2019