Paul Henry
Arguably the most influential Irish landscape artist of the twentieth century, Henry began his artistic career as a textile designer, studying at the Government School of Design in Belfast with William Conor (q.v.). Funded by a family member, he travelled to Paris to study under Jean-Paul Laurens and later Alphonse Mucha. Here he met Grace Mitchell whom he married in London in 1903. In London he received encouragement from Walter Sickert and made a living giving classes, writing pamphlets, and submitting illustrations to the daily papers. After first exhibiting at the RHA in 1910, he was appointed an Associate in 1926 and a full member in 1928. He was also one of the first Academicians of the Ulster Academy of Arts. Upon the death of his first wife in 1953 he remarried another artist Mabel Young. His career has been extensively documented both in his own writings and most recently in Dr Kennedy's monograph, Paul Henry (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2000).
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'THE BOG AT EVENING, circa 1922-23'
- Price Realised: 205,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- oil on canvas
- 76 by 91cm., 30 by 36in.
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'LOBSTER FISHERMEN OFF ACHILL, circa 1916-17'
- Price Realised: 170,000
- Sale: 28 November 2006
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 30 by 42cm., 11.7 5 by 16.5in.
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'FISHERMAN IN A CURRACH, 1911-1913'
- Price Realised: 145,000
- Sale: 29 November 2010
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 76cm., 20 by 30in.
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'A LAKE IN KERRY, circa 1934-5'
- Price Realised: 145,000
- Sale: 28 November 2006
- oil on canvas board
- 36 by 41cm., 14 by 16in.
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'KILLARY BAY'
- Price Realised: 140,000
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on canvas
- 14 x 16in. (35.56 x 40.64cm)
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'AN IRISH BOG, c.1938'
- Price Realised: 130,000
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- oil on canvas
- 21Ύ x 25Ύin. (55Ό x 65.41cm)
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'IN THE WEST OF IRELAND, circa 1934'
- Price Realised: 130,000
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- signed lower left
- 41 by 61cm., 16 by 24in.
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'AN IRISH BOG, circa 1939'
- Price Realised: 120,000
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- oil on canvas board
- 37 by 33cm., 14.7 5 by 13in.
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'A VILLAGE IN CONNEMARA, circa 1922-29'
- Price Realised: 120,000
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on canvas
- 41 by 61cm., 16 by 24in.
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'WEST OF IRELAND LANDSCAPE, 1925-1935'
- Price Realised: 106,000
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18.2 5in.
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'THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, COUNTY DONEGAL circa 1929-34'
- Price Realised: 105,000
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18in.
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'CONNEMARA LANDSCAPE, circa 1916-1919'
- Price Realised: 105,000
- Sale: 21 September 2004
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'WEST OF IRELAND BOG'
- Price Realised: 100,000
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'CONNEMARA LANDSCAPE, 1930-1940'
- Price Realised: 100,000
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil on canvas
- 15Ό x 18½in. (38.74 x 46.99cm)
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'THE LAKE, 1928'
- Price Realised: 93,000
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- oil on board
- 15 by 21in., 37.5 by 52.5cm.
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'EVENING IN CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 90,000
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- oil on panel
- 46 by 55cm., 18 by 21.7in.
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'ACHILL HEAD, circa 1929'
- Price Realised: 90,000
- Sale: 29 September 2008
- oil on panel
- 35 by 39cm., 13.7 5 by 15.2 5i
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'WEST OF IRELAND LANDSCAPE, 1925-1935'
- Price Realised: 87,000
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 18Όin. (38.10 x 46.36cm)
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'COTTAGES ON KILLARY BAY'
- Price Realised: 87,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on panel
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'COTTAGES BY A BOG LAKE, WEST OF IRELAND, circa 1937'
- Price Realised: 86,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- oil on canvas
- 36 by 41cm., 14 by 16in.
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'WEST OF IRELAND ROAD THROUGH THE BOG, c.1932-1935'
- Price Realised: 82,000
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil on board
- 13 x 15in. (33.02 x 38.10cm)
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'A BOG BY THE SEA, circa 1915-17'
- Price Realised: 82,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- oil on panel
- 33 by 41cm., 13 by 16in.
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'EVENING, SILENCE AND PEACE, COUNTY MAYO, c.1935-1943'
- Price Realised: 80,000
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on canvas laid board
- 15½ x 19½in. (39.37 x 49.53cm)
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'LANDSCAPE, WEST OF IRELAND, c.1915-1918'
- Price Realised: 80,000
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- oil on board
- 15.24 x 22in. (38.71 x 55.88cm)
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'THE TURN OF THE ROAD, c.1940-41'
- Price Realised: 80,000
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- oil on canvas
- 36 by 41cm., 14 by 16in.
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'ALTAN LOUGH, DONEGAL c.1933-34'
- Price Realised: 75,000
- Sale: 28 November 2011
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18in.
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'LANDSCAPE, CONNEMARA, 1940s'
- Price Realised: 68,000
- Sale: 23 February 2015
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 14Ύ x 19in. (37.47 x 48.26cm)
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'A KERRY BOG, 1934-1935'
- Price Realised: 66,000
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil on canvas
- 16 x 18in. (40.64 x 45.72cm)