Estella Frances Solomons
Estella Francis Solomons studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and the Chelsea School of Art. She studied under Walter Osborne and William Orpen along side Eva Hamilton, William Leech and Mary Swanzy. She was born into a prominent Jewish family in Dublin and was active in the revolutionary movement as a member of Cumann na mBan. Solomons became an associate of the RHA in 1925 and was finally made an honorary member in 1966. She was a prominent printmaker, landscape painter and portraitist. whytes.ie Solomons married the poet Seumus O'Sullivan in 1926 and supported The Dublin Magazine, a literary publication of which he was the editor. As a portrait painter Solomons had notable sitters, including artist Jack Yeats,, poet Austin Clarke, and writers James Stephens and George Russell (AE) as well as the politician Arthur Griffiths. Works of Solomons are held in the Niland Collection, at The Model, Sligo and the National Gallery of Ireland.
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'CAPE CORNWALL'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- oil on board
- 26 by 36cm., 10.2 5 by 14.2 5in.
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'SHORELINE WITH MAN CARRYING A SACK'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 26 May 2007
- oil on canvas board
- 35 by 45cm., 13.7 5 by 17.7 5i
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'CAPE CORNWALL'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 27 by 37cm., 10.5 by 14.5in.
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'BALLYMOSS, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 32 by 39cm., 12.5 by 15.5in.
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'FIGURES ON THE STRAND, KERRY'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on panel
- 30 by 39cm., 12 by 15.5in.
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'PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR DARLEY, 1926'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- oil on canvas
- 36 x 28in. (91.44 x 71.12cm)
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'FOLIO OF ETCHINGS'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 0 by 0cm., 0 by 0in.
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'FOLIO OF ETCHINGS'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 0 by 0cm., 0 by 0in.
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'CLIFFS AND COVE WITH A LIGHT BREEZE BLOWING (COUNTY KERRY)'
- Price Realised: 1,777
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- oil on board
- 28 by 41cm., 11 by 16in.
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'LANDSCAPE WITH COTTAGES'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 11 x 15in. (27.94 x 38.10cm)
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'FROM THE BACK STRAND, MARBLE HILL, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on canvas board
- 25 by 34cm., 10 by 13.5in.
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'FOLIO OF ETCHINGS'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'CORN STOOKS, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- oil on canvas board
- 25 by 34cm., 10 by 13.5in.
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'COASTAL LANDSCAPE WITH CLOUDS OVER A BLUFF'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
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'FOLIO OF ETCHINGS'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'SNOW IN RATHFARNHAM, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- oil on board
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'WEST COAST OF IRELAND COASTAL VIEW'
- Price Realised: 1,397
- Sale: 26 June 2000
- oil on board
- 24 by 33cm., 9.5 by 13in.
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'UNDER MUCKISH, COUNTY DONEGAL, c.1927-1938'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- oil on board
- 10½ x 13½in. (26.67 x 34.29cm)
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'BEACH SCENE, WEST OF IRELAND'
- Price Realised: 1,269
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- oil on canvas board
- 30 by 40cm., 12 by 15.7in.
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'FOREST SCENE'
- Price Realised: 1,250
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil on board
- 13½ x 10Όin. (34.29 x 26.04cm)
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'COASTAL LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 1,206
- Sale: 26 June 2000
- oil on board
- 25 by 33cm., 10 by 13in.
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'SEASCAPE'
- Price Realised: 1,150
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on board
- 9½ x 13in. (24.13 x 33.02cm)
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'THE ABBEY AND SCARIFF ISLAND, BALLINSKELLIGS, COUNTY KERRY'
- Price Realised: 1,150
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'FISHING BOATS ON A LAKE'
- Price Realised: 1,150
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 76cm., 20 by 30in.
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'ARDS, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- oil on canvas board
- 25 by 34cm., 10 by 13.5in.
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'VIEW OF DUBLIN FROM BULL ISLAND'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 14 December 2020
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'TWENTY ETCHINGS, MEMORIAL EDITION, 1973'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- etching; (20) (no. 13 from an edition of 50)
- 7Ύ x 10in. (19.69 x 25.40cm)
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'TWENTY ETCHINGS, MEMORIAL EDITION, 1973'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- etching; (20) (no. 8 from an edition of 50)
- 7Ύ x 10in. (19.69 x 25.40cm)