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Mainie Jellett

Mainie Jellett
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An abstract and figure painter, Jellett started to take watercolour lessons as a young girl, later working under Sarah Cecilia Harrison and May Manning. She entered the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art in 1914 while William Orpen was teaching there. Three years later she went to study at the Westminster Art School in London with Walter Sickert. It was there that she met Evie Hone who became a life-long friend. In 1920 she won the Taylor Scholarship and this money allowed her to travel to Paris with Hone where they worked in Andrι Lhote’s studio. Here they got their first taste of Cubism, however, after a while they both decided to move into the realm of pure abstract painting and transferred to work with Albert Gleizes. On her return to Ireland, Jellett continued to visit him during the summer for the next ten years. In Dublin she gave painting lessons from her home and began to exhibit her cubist paintings which received hostile criticism from George Russell. During the 1920s she exhibited regularly at the Dublin Painter’s Gallery while also showing at several exhibitions in Paris. Her art developed a greater realism in the 1930s and also became more religious in subject matter. She exhibited at the RHA from 1930 to 1937 while at the same time contributing to the Watercolour Society of Ireland until 1943. She became a leader in the modern movement in Ireland and joined the avant-garde group of painters, the White Stag in 1940, regularly lecturing and exhibiting with them. She exhibited in the first ever Irish Exhibition of Living Art where she had been appointed chairman but was unable to attend as she fell ill and died a short time later. Her works are in all the major Irish collections. The highest price and world record for her oeuvre was recently reached in May 2025 in Whyte’s with a winning bid of €210,000 for her Achill Horses, 1933, oil on canvas. (whytes.ie)
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  • ACHILL HORSES, 1933 by Mainie Jellett sold for €210,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ACHILL HORSES, 1933'

    • Price Realised: €210,000
    • Sale: 26 May 2025
    • oil on canvas
    • 36 x 26in. (91.44 x 66.04cm)
  • THE LAND ΙIRE, 1940 by Mainie Jellett sold for €110,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE LAND ΙIRE, 1940'

    • Price Realised: €110,000
    • Sale: 25 November 2019
    • oil on canvas
    • 24½ x 29½in. (62.23 x 74.93cm)
  • TWO ELEMENTS, 1924 by Mainie Jellett sold for €40,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'TWO ELEMENTS, 1924'

    • Price Realised: €40,000
    • Sale: 28 November 2006
    • oil on canvas
    • 85 by 66cm., 33.5 by 26in.
  • PAINTING, 1930 by Mainie Jellett sold for €36,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'PAINTING, 1930'

    • Price Realised: €36,000
    • Sale: 28 September 2020
    • oil on canvas
    • 30 x 36in. (76.20 x 91.44cm)
  • NUDE IN LANDSCAPE, circa 1921 by Mainie Jellett sold for €35,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'NUDE IN LANDSCAPE, circa 1921'

    • Price Realised: €35,000
    • Sale: 30 April 2007
    • oil on canvas
    • 51 by 66cm., 20 by 26in.
  • DEATH OF PROCRIS, 1929 by Mainie Jellett sold for €32,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'DEATH OF PROCRIS, 1929'

    • Price Realised: €32,000
    • Sale: 25 November 2013
    • oil on canvas
    • 27 by 47in., 67.5 by 117.5cm.
  • ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, c.1929 by Mainie Jellett sold for €27,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, c.1929'

    • Price Realised: €27,000
    • Sale: 04 December 2023
    • gouache
    • 18 x 11in. (45.72 x 27.94cm)
  • ABSTRACT COMPOSITION by Mainie Jellett sold for €15,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION'

    • Price Realised: €15,000
    • Sale: 28 November 2022
    • gouache
    • 18 x 15½in. (45.72 x 39.37cm)
  • ABSTRACT DESIGN by Mainie Jellett sold for €15,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT DESIGN'

    • Price Realised: €15,000
    • Sale: 04 March 2019
    • gouache
    • 26½ x 14in. (67.31 x 35.56cm)
  • BETTY ON THE ROCKS, 1919 by Mainie Jellett sold for €11,500 at Whyte's Auctions

    'BETTY ON THE ROCKS, 1919'

    • Price Realised: €11,500
    • Sale: 28 September 2015
    • oil on canvas
    • 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)
  • ABSTRACT, circa 1924-26 by Mainie Jellett sold for €8,500 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT, circa 1924-26'

    • Price Realised: €8,500
    • Sale: 19 February 2007
    • gouache on paper mounted on board
    • 23 by 12cm., 9.25 by 4.75in.
  • BABBIN AND BETTY, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE by Mainie Jellett sold for €8,400 at Whyte's Auctions

    'BABBIN AND BETTY, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE'

    • Price Realised: €8,400
    • Sale: 29 November 2005
    • watercolour on paper
    • 25 by 22cm., 9.75 by 8.5in.
  • ΑVILA, SPAIN, c.1920s by Mainie Jellett sold for €8,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ΑVILA, SPAIN, c.1920s'

    • Price Realised: €8,000
    • Sale: 06 March 2023
    • oil on board
    • 11½ x 14in. (29.21 x 35.56cm)
  • ADORATION OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD by Mainie Jellett sold for €8,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ADORATION OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD'

    • Price Realised: €8,000
    • Sale: 19 September 2006
    • tempera on panel
    • 50 by 70cm., 19.5 by 27.5in.
  • ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, 1925 by Mainie Jellett sold for €7,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, 1925'

    • Price Realised: €7,000
    • Sale: 30 November 2004
    • watercolour and gouache over pencil
    • 17 by 24cm., 6.5 by 9.5in.
  • WOMAN IN SUMMER HAT by Mainie Jellett sold for €7,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'WOMAN IN SUMMER HAT'

    • Price Realised: €7,000
    • Sale: 27 April 2004
    • watercolour over pencil
    • 19 by 15cm., 7.5 by 6in.
  • WATERFALL by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,800 at Whyte's Auctions

    'WATERFALL'

    • Price Realised: €5,800
    • Sale: 27 April 2004
    • gouache on board
    • 30 by 19cm., 12 by 7.5in.
  • THE CRUCIFIXION by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,586 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE CRUCIFIXION'

    • Price Realised: €5,586
    • Sale: 13 March 2001
    • gouache on paper mounted on board
    • 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in.
  • ABSTRACT [22], 1924 by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,400 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT [22], 1924'

    • Price Realised: €5,400
    • Sale: 01 October 2012
    • gouache on paper mounted on board
    • 7 by 10.5in., 18 by 27cm.
  • CUBIST COMPOSITION by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,200 at Whyte's Auctions

    'CUBIST COMPOSITION'

    • Price Realised: €5,200
    • Sale: 26 September 2016
    • gouache on card
    • 12 x 8½in. (30.48 x 21.59cm)
  • STUDY FOR BOG AND SEA by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,200 at Whyte's Auctions

    'STUDY FOR BOG AND SEA'

    • Price Realised: €5,200
    • Sale: 18 November 2003
    • gouache on paper
    • 27 by 36cm., 10.5 by 14.2in.
  • SEATED NUDE by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'SEATED NUDE'

    • Price Realised: €5,000
    • Sale: 09 March 2020
    • oil on canvas
    • 16 x 12in. (40.64 x 30.48cm)
  • DESIGN FOR 'THE ROOF GARDEN', c.1938-1939 by Mainie Jellett sold for €5,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'DESIGN FOR 'THE ROOF GARDEN', c.1938-1939'

    • Price Realised: €5,000
    • Sale: 29 May 2017
    • gouache
    • 10½ x 16in. (26.67 x 40.64cm)
  • ABSTRACT COMPOSITION (HOLY FAMILY) by Mainie Jellett sold for €4,800 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION (HOLY FAMILY)'

    • Price Realised: €4,800
    • Sale: 18 February 2003
    • gouache over pencil on card
    • 20 by 22cm., 8 by 8.5in.
  • STUDY FOR BOG AND SEA, 1940 by Mainie Jellett sold for €4,600 at Whyte's Auctions

    'STUDY FOR BOG AND SEA, 1940'

    • Price Realised: €4,600
    • Sale: 04 March 2024
    • gouache
    • 10½ x 14Όin. (26.67 x 36.20cm)
  • ABSTRACT COMPOSITION by Mainie Jellett sold for €4,400 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION'

    • Price Realised: €4,400
    • Sale: 26 September 2016
    • gouache
    • 21 x 8Ύin. (53.34 x 22.23cm)
  • FIGURE COMPOSITION by Mainie Jellett sold for €4,400 at Whyte's Auctions

    'FIGURE COMPOSITION'

    • Price Realised: €4,400
    • Sale: 18 November 2003
    • gouache
    • 23 by 18cm., 9 by 7in.
  • AN ARTIST AT HER EASEL IN THE LIFE ROOM AT THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL OF ART by Mainie Jellett sold for €4,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'AN ARTIST AT HER EASEL IN THE LIFE ROOM AT THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL OF ART'

    • Price Realised: €4,000
    • Sale: 27 April 2004
    • watercolour over pencil
    • 23 by 18cm., 9 by 7in.
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