James Humbert Craig
James Humbert Craig was born in Belfast in 1877, the son of a tea-merchant who had married a Marie Metzenen of Switzerland. Craigs early interest in art may have stemmed from his mothers side, as there was said to have been a painting tradition in her family. He was virtually a self-taught artist and earned popular renown for his impressionistic scenes of Donegal, Antrim and Connemara. His works first appeared at the RHA in 1915, and he was a constant contributor there up until his death, showing 130 works in all. In 1925 he became an associate of the RHA and in 1928 a full member. He was also an academician of the Ulster Academy of Arts. www.whytes.ie Overseas he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1928 and at the Royal Academy in 1935 and 1937. His work has been widely reproduced in the form of lithographic posters and calendars. During the 1930s Craig showed more than 200 paintings with the Fine Art Society in London, preferring the opulent Victorian gallery to that of the stuffier confines of the Royal Academy. Established in 1886, the Society pioneered the concept of the one-man show; Whistler, Seargent and Sickert all exhibited there. He also was represented at the 1932 Olympic art exhibition in Los Angeles. Craig is recorded as having been granted at least three solo exhibitions with the Society in 1933, 1935 and 1937. He was also included in many of their group exhibitions, including the 1928 exhibition of Irish artists in which Paul Henry, E. L. Lawrensen and Crampton Walker were also represented. Craig died in Antrim in 1944. Following his death memorial exhibitions of his work took place in the Municipal Technical College, Derry, Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, Combridge Galleries, Belfast and at the Oriel Gallery, Dublin. Examples of works by James Humbert Craig can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Municipal Gallery and in the Ulster Museum. www.whytes.ie
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'MORNING REST, BALLINROBE, COUNTY MAYO'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on canvas
- 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)
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'A FARM IN THE GLENS, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 28 November 2022
- oil on canvas
- 22 x 30in. (55.88 x 76.20cm)
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'A FRESH MORNING AT DUNGLOE, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 19½in. (38.10 x 49.53cm)
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'LOUGH FEA, COUNTY MONAGHAN'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on canvas
- 24 x 36in. (60.96 x 91.44cm)
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'CUTTING TURF'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- oil on canvas
- 40.64 by 50.8cm., 16 by 20in.
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'WINDSWEPT TREES BY A PATH TO THE SEA'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in.
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'BANGOR BAY'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on panel
- 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in.
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'RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A COUPLE IN A BOAT'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in.
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'FLUKE FISHING AT KILLYHOEY, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 7,400
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- oil on board
- 14.5 by 19.5in., 36.25 by 48.75cm.
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'NORTH-EAST WIND ON THE ANTRIM COAST, 1938'
- Price Realised: 7,200
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'CUSHENDUN, 1939'
- Price Realised: 7,200
- Sale: 28 November 2006
- oil on panel
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'COASTAL VILLAGE'
- Price Realised: 7,110
- Sale: 26 June 2000
- oil on board
- 37 by 50cm., 14.5 by 19.5in.
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'MARBLE HILL STRAND, SHEEPHAVEN, WITH ROSAPENNA AND ROSGUILL PROMONTORY IN THE DISTANCE, AUGUST, 1919'
- Price Realised: 7,000
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on board
- 17 by 22.5in., 43.18 by 57.15cm.
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'THE ANTRIM COAST'
- Price Realised: 7,000
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- oil on panel
- 35 by 50cm., 13.7 5 by 19.5in.
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'COMING STORM, ROSSES COAST, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 6,900
- Sale: 15 March 2010
- oil on paper
- 25 by 33cm., 10 by 13in.
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'BOATS AT SEA'
- Price Realised: 6,800
- Sale: 07 December 2020
- oil on canvas
- 16 x 26in. (40.64 x 66.04cm)
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'AUTUMN, GLEN DUN, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 6,800
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on canvas
- 20 by 24in., 50.8 by 60.96cm.
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'COASTAL LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 6,800
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- oil on board
- 37 by 50cm., 14.5 by 19.5in.
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'GLENS OF ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 6,700
- Sale: 19 November 2002
- oil on board
- 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in.
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'MOUNT ERRIGAL, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 6,602
- Sale: 10 October 2000
- oil on panel
- 29 by 42cm., 11.5 by 16.5in.
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'THE KILLARIES, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 6,600
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- oil on panel
- 15 by 19.5in., 37.5 by 48.75cm.
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'WINTER IN GLEN DUN, ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 6,600
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- oil on canvas board
- 30 by 43cm., 12 by 17in.
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'WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH SHEEP'
- Price Realised: 6,600
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on panel
- 27 by 36cm., 10.5 by 14in.
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'DIGGING TURF'
- Price Realised: 6,500
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- oil on canvas
- 24 by 34cm., 9.5 by 13.5in.
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'OWEN CARA, COUNTY DONEGAL, c.1926'
- Price Realised: 6,400
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- oil on canvas board
- 30.48 by 43.18cm., 12 by 17in.
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'NEAR DUNFANAGHY, COUNTY DONEGAL [LANDSCAPE WITH WOMAN HERDING A FLOCK OF TURKEYS, COTTAGE BEYOND]'
- Price Realised: 6,200
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- oil on board
- 15 by 20in., 38.1 by 50.8cm.
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'LIVERPOOL DOCKS'
- Price Realised: 6,200
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on board
- 11.5 by 17in., 29.21 by 43.18cm.
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'THE RIVER DUN, CUSHENDUN'
- Price Realised: 6,200
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- oil on panel
- 28 by 43cm., 11.2 by 17in.