Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 30th April 2018 at 6pm

42 Elizabeth Rivers RHA ( - ) CHILDREN CLIMBING AWALL signed lower left oil on canvas 54.5 x 65cm (21.46 x 25.59in) Provenance: Private Collection Exhibited: Waddington Gallery: Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Summer 1953 catalogue no.77; Independent Artists: 1961 catalogue no.10; Memorial Exhibition: 1966 catalogue no.21: Gorry Gallery: Elizabeth Rivers A Retrospective View, 1989 catalogue no.11 Gorry Gallery, Dublin: An Exhibition of 17th - 21st Century Irish Paintings, 15th - 29th June 2017, catalogue no. 40 page 29 illustrated A formidable talent and a formidable organiser, Elizabeth Rivers, English by birth, is one of relatively few people to have opted to live on the Aran Islands for a time. She wrote a book based on her year there, and on her life, Stranger in Aran, published in 1946. One of the founders of the Graphic Studio Dublin, she was a gifted illustrator and printmaker. Her flair for design comes through in her painting, which is economic in its expression and elegantly composed. €3,000-5,000 (£2,608-4,347)