Irish Art
Irish Art
Property from the Collection of the late Brian P. Burns
William McEvoy
Glengariff from the Kenmare Road, Evening
Lot Closed
November 22, 03:30 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Brian P. Burns
William McEvoy
fl.1858-1880
Glengariff from the Kenmare Road, Evening
signed with monogram and dated 1862 (lower left); also signed William McEvoy, titled and inscribed (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
unframed: 73.5 by 136cm., 29 by 53½in.
framed: 107 by 170.5cm.; 42¼ by 67in.
Executed in 1862.
Adam's, Dublin, 16 June 1993, lot 70, where acquired by the late Brian P. Burns
Roger Kohn (ed.), A Rising People, The Brian P. Burns Collection of Irish Art, Nicholas Bass Ltd, Newtownabbey, 2017, illustrated p.81
Although less well known today, William McEvoy was an accomplished landscape painter, predominantly of Irish and Welsh landscapes before moving to London in 1865. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin up until 1880. Bathed in evening light, in the present work McEvoy present a sweeping panoramic view looking towards Glengariff from the Kenmare pass.