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Daniel O'Neill
COTTAGE, CONNEMARA
Lot 10
Price Realised:
€14,000
Estimate:
€14,000 - €18,000
Daniel O'Neill, 1920-1974
COTTAGE, CONNEMARA
Oil on board, 18" x 24" (45.7 x 61cm), signed.
In this painting, Daniel O'Neill offers a surrealist edge to a subject at the heart of twentieth century Irish landscape painting: the rural cott...
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Lot 10
Daniel O'Neill
COTTAGE, CONNEMARA
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Lot 10
Daniel O'Neill
COTTAGE, CONNEMARA
Estimate:
€14,000 - €18,000
Daniel O'Neill, 1920-1974
COTTAGE, CONNEMARA
Oil on board, 18" x 24" (45.7 x 61cm), signed.
In this painting, Daniel O'Neill offers a surrealist edge to a subject at the heart of twentieth century Irish landscape painting: the rural cottage. The appeal of the western coast and landscape, encouraged and celebrated by the artistic and literary revival in the early decades of the century, did not wane. Rather, interest in the subject was continued and reshaped by artists like O'Neill, and his friends and contemporaries such as Colin Middleton and Gerard Dillon. With its firmly delineated structure of water, houses, and distant mountains, the present work is redolent of O'Neill's other depictions of rural areas such as Tyrella in County Down, Knockalla, Donegal and Ballyferriter in Kerry. O'Neill's interpretation of the western landscape is not romantic: the house walls seem to curve and bend with the ground; mountains loom; and the denuded tree trunks (seen in several of his landscape scenes) seem to denote both ecological and psychological scarcity.
Born in Belfast, and largely self-trained as an artist, in 1945 O'Neill was taken on by Victor Waddington as a gallery artist. This provided him with a much-needed outlet to exhibit and sell his paintings and marked the beginning of a highly successful professional relationship that saw his works travel through the network of Waddington galleries in Dublin, London, and Montreal through the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Kathryn Milligan, October, 2023
COTTAGE, CONNEMARA
Oil on board, 18" x 24" (45.7 x 61cm), signed.
In this painting, Daniel O'Neill offers a surrealist edge to a subject at the heart of twentieth century Irish landscape painting: the rural cottage. The appeal of the western coast and landscape, encouraged and celebrated by the artistic and literary revival in the early decades of the century, did not wane. Rather, interest in the subject was continued and reshaped by artists like O'Neill, and his friends and contemporaries such as Colin Middleton and Gerard Dillon. With its firmly delineated structure of water, houses, and distant mountains, the present work is redolent of O'Neill's other depictions of rural areas such as Tyrella in County Down, Knockalla, Donegal and Ballyferriter in Kerry. O'Neill's interpretation of the western landscape is not romantic: the house walls seem to curve and bend with the ground; mountains loom; and the denuded tree trunks (seen in several of his landscape scenes) seem to denote both ecological and psychological scarcity.
Born in Belfast, and largely self-trained as an artist, in 1945 O'Neill was taken on by Victor Waddington as a gallery artist. This provided him with a much-needed outlet to exhibit and sell his paintings and marked the beginning of a highly successful professional relationship that saw his works travel through the network of Waddington galleries in Dublin, London, and Montreal through the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Kathryn Milligan, October, 2023
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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