Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 21st October 2019

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 21 st O ctober 2019 at 6.00 pm 145 123 James MacIntyre RUA (1926-2015) Fisherman’s Cottage signed lower left oil on board 43.5 x 56.5cm (17 x 22.25in) Provenance: Laneside Gallery, Coleraine, Northern Ireland (label verso); Private Collection €2,000-3,000 (£1,769-2,654) James MacIntyre’s paintings of rural life and landscape are direct, richly detailed and informed by vivid memories of his childhood (he was born in Coleraine). He aimed for a kind of innocence of vision, regarding style as something that might get in the way of describing how things were. Which is not to say that he lacked conventional artistic skill: his technique is flawless, his feeling for composition and structure quite clear.