Grace Henry
Born in Peterhead, Aberdeen, as Emily Grace Mitchell, she studied art at the Blanc Garrins Academy, Brussels, and the Delιcluse Academy, Paris. She was also a pupil for a while under Andrι L'hote. In Paris she met the Irish painter Paul Henry (q.v.), whom she married in 1903. They settled in England and Grace began exhibiting in London at the RA, the Leicester Galleries, and the Fine Art Society. www.whytes.ie Along with her artist husband, she sent works to the RHA from 1910 onwards, and two years later they left England for Achill Island, where they spent seven productive years painting the local people and landscape. In 1922 she was represented at the Irish Exhibition in Paris with five works; later she was included in a similar loan exhibition in Brussels in 1930. Both she and Paul were founder members of the Dublin Painters group. They exhibited together at the Stephen's Green Gallery, Dublin, and the Magee Gallery, Belfast. However, the pair were formally separated in 1934. Grace took to travelling and painting in France. Her work was boldly conceived in vibrant colours and decisive brushwork; "her painting", commented the Studio in 1939, was "all poetry". She continued to exhibit both in London and Dublin, notably with the Waddington Galleries and at the RHA. Although never made an Associate, she was elected an Honorary RHA in 1949. Her work is in many major public collections in Ireland. www.whytes.ie
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'THE FORTUNE TELLER'
- Price Realised: 37,000
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on board
- 16½ x 14Όin. (41.91 x 36.20cm)
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'LITTLE WAVES, ACHILL, 1915-19'
- Price Realised: 30,000
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 18in. (38.10 x 45.72cm)
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'COTTAGES, ACHILL'
- Price Realised: 13,000
- Sale: 30 September 2024
- oil on canvas
- 16 x 24in. (40.64 x 60.96cm)
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'ACHILL VILLAGE'
- Price Realised: 12,500
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on panel
- 25 by 34cm., 10 by 13.5in.
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'LIMERICK'
- Price Realised: 11,500
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on canvas
- 41 by 48cm., 16.25 by 18.75in
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'FAIR DAY, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 11,000
- Sale: 06 March 2023
- oil on canvas
- 16 x 19in. (40.64 x 48.26cm)
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'LITTLE WAVES, ACHILL, 1915-19'
- Price Realised: 10,000
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 18in. (38.10 x 45.72cm)
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![IN A PUBLIC GARDEN [ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN] by Grace Henry sold for 10,000 at Whyte's Auctions](/images/auction/834/56380.jpg "IN A PUBLIC GARDEN [ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN] by Grace Henry sold for 10,000 at Whyte's Auctions")
'IN A PUBLIC GARDEN [ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN]'
- Price Realised: 10,000
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on board
- 11 x 14in. (27.94 x 35.56cm)
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'BRINGING IN THE TURF, 1915'
- Price Realised: 9,000
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- oil on board
- 12½ x 15½in. (31Ύ x 39.37cm)
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'DOVES, TUSCANY'
- Price Realised: 9,000
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'HER DESTINY'
- Price Realised: 8,700
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on panel
- 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5.25in.
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'MARIGOLDS'
- Price Realised: 8,000
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- oil on canvas board
- 17 x 13in. (43.18 x 33.02cm)
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'MISTY MOONLIGHT, c.1912'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on canvas
- 12 x 10in. (30.48 x 25.40cm)
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'ROAD TO DESTINY'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- oil on board
- 9Ύ x 7Όin. (24.77 x 18.42cm)
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'PRIMROSES'
- Price Realised: 6,800
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on panel
- 25 by 19cm., 10 by 7.5in.
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'ROSES'
- Price Realised: 6,400
- Sale: 28 April 2008
- oil on board
- 41 by 33cm., 16.2 5 by 13in.
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'WOMAN IN TRAIN ON WAY TO MARKET, GLENS OF ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 6,200
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on canvas
- 18 x 16Ύin. (45.72 x 42.55cm)
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'BLUE MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on canvas
- 33 by 47cm., 13 by 18.5in.
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'RED SAIL, VENICE'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- oil on board
- 23 by 30cm., 9 by 12in.
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'LITTLE WAVES, ACHILL'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18in.
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'THE BLUE VASE, 1931'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on board
- 24 by 18.25in., 60.96 by 46.355cm.
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'APPLES, ORANGES AND MARIGOLDS, 1949'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on canvas
- 36 x 28in. (91.44 x 71.12cm)
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'MENAUAN CLIFFS, ACHILL ISLAND'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- signed lower right
- 32 by 40cm., 12.7 by 15.7in.
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'SAILING BOATS AT CHIOGGIA, VENICE'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- oil on canvas
- 13Ύ x 10½in. (34.93 x 26.67cm)
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'THE GLASS SHOP'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil on board
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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![COMING HOME, ACHILL ISLAND [THE WATER IS CALLED THE SOUND], c.1915 by Grace Henry sold for 3,800 at Whyte's Auctions](/images/archive/20120312/041.jpg "COMING HOME, ACHILL ISLAND [THE WATER IS CALLED THE SOUND], c.1915 by Grace Henry sold for 3,800 at Whyte's Auctions")
'COMING HOME, ACHILL ISLAND [THE WATER IS CALLED THE SOUND], c.1915'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- oil on canvas
- 40.64 by 35.56cm., 16 by 14in.
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'SUNRISE OVER THE REEKS, COUNTY KERRY'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'THE YELLOW JUG'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 26 September 2016
- oil on board
- 19 x 15Όin. (48.26 x 38.74cm)