Seán Keating
Born in Limerick in 1889, Keating’s mother decided to send him to the Technical School in Limerick to study drawing. He then won a scholarship in 1911 to attend the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art where he studied under William Orpen. In 1914 he won the Taylor scholarship and went to visit the Aran Islands with his friend Harry Clarke. It was a turning point in his career as the islands and their inhabitants were to become the subjects of many of his paintings. In 1915 he succeeded in showing three of his paintings at the RHA and was elected an associate in 1919 and a full member in 1923. In 1919 he also began to teach at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He was represented at the Royal Academy in 1924 and continued to exhibit there for the next thirty years. He represented Ireland at the New York World’s Fair in 1939 with a huge mural while winning first prize at the same fair in an IBM competition from seventy-nine countries. He resigned from the presidency of the RHA in 1962 and the following year a retrospective exhibition was held at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, opened by President De Valera. As an artist and a teacher he always took a firm stand on the side of traditional painting and was outspoken in his rejection against the modern movement. Keating died in 1977 in Dublin. His work can be seen in institutions throughout Ireland, including the National Gallery of Ireland and the Ulster Museum.
For further reading see Dr. Eimear O’Connor Sean Keating: Art, Politics and Building the Irish Nation, Irish Academic Press, 2013.
For further reading see Dr. Eimear O’Connor Sean Keating: Art, Politics and Building the Irish Nation, Irish Academic Press, 2013.
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'PORTRAIT OF A LADY, c.1973-1975'
- Price Realised: €2,600
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- charcoal with pencil and pen, highlighted with gouache
- 39 by 38cm., 15.5 by 15in.
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'COLLEGE OF ART MODEL'
- Price Realised: €2,600
- Sale: 18 May 2009
- pastel on paper
- 37 by 27cm., 14.7 5 by 10.7 5in.
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'HEAD OF A WOMAN'
- Price Realised: €2,600
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- pastel on buff-coloured paper
- 36 by 27cm., 14 by 10.5in.
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'PORTRAIT OF EAMON DE VALERA'
- Price Realised: €2,400
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- charcoal drawing heightened with white
- 51 by 43cm., 20 by 17in.
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'ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER, 1955-1956'
- Price Realised: €2,100
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- pencil
- 18¾ x 13¾in. (47.63 x 34.93cm)
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'WORKING SKETCH, early 1950s'
- Price Realised: €2,100
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- charcoal with black, brown and sanguine Conté crayon heightened with white
- 41 by 30cm., 16 by 12in.
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'STUDY OF A YOUNG BOY - JUSTIN KEATING'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- charcoal
- 18 x 13½in. (45.72 x 34.29cm)
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'DRAWING FOR ULYSSES IN CONNEMARA, c.1950'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- pencil
- 6½ x 6in. (16.51 x 15.24cm)
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'WOMAN WITH HEADSCARF, c. late 1950s'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- pastel and pencil on buff-coloured paper
- 11.5 by 9.5in., 28.75 by 23.75cm.
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'PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, c.1930s'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- charcoal with pencil on paper
- 12.5 by 10in., 31.75 by 25.4cm.
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'HEAD OF AN ACTRESS'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- charcoal and pastel on buff-coloured paper
- 38 by 30cm., 15 by 12in.
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'SYBIL'S HEAD'
- Price Realised: €1,900
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- pastel
- 18¼ x 15¾in. (46.36 x 40.01cm)
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'GIRL SEATED, c.1940s'
- Price Realised: €1,900
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- pastel on tinted paper
- 20 by 16in., 50 by 40cm.
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'PORTRAIT OF COLMÁN MAC AN RÍ [ALIAS TIGER KING]'
- Price Realised: €1,900
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- charcoal
- 15 by 12.5in., 37.5 by 31.25cm.
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'PORTRAIT OF PAUL, c.1960s'
- Price Realised: €1,800
- Sale: 04 October 2010
- charcoal
- 33 by 31cm., 13 by 12.25in.
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'MAN OF ARAN'
- Price Realised: €1,700
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- charcoal
- 14 x 9¾in. (35.56 x 24.77cm)
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'CORRESPONDENCE AND ARCHIVE MATERIAL'
- Price Realised: €1,700
- Sale: 24 November 2014
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'PORTRAIT OF REV. FR. PATRICK O'MARA S.J. (1875-1969)'
- Price Realised: €1,700
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- charcoal and pastel on buff coloured paper
- 51 by 44cm., 20 by 17.5in.
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'"WHERE EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES..." 1964'
- Price Realised: €1,650
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- charcoal over pencil heightened with white
- 64 by 71cm., 25 by 28in.
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'PORTRAIT SKETCH OF MAINIE JELLETT'
- Price Realised: €1,600
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- conté on paper
- 12¼ x 10½in. (31.12 x 26.67cm)
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'PORTRAIT SKETCH OF CHARLES VINCENT LAMB'
- Price Realised: €1,500
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- charcoal
- 14¾ x 12¼in. (37.47 x 31.12cm)
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'MAN IN HELMET'
- Price Realised: €1,500
- Sale: 27 February 2017
- chalk
- 20¼ x 14¾in. (51.44 x 37.47cm)
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'THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD by John Millington Synge'
- Price Realised: €1,500
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- deluxe edition; (no. 321 from an edition of 1,000)
- 12¼ x 9¾in. (31.12 x 24.77cm)
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'SAINT PATRICK, c.1937'
- Price Realised: €1,500
- Sale: 28 November 2011
- charcoal
- 34 by 27cm., 13.5 by 10.5in.
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'MAN ON LADDER'
- Price Realised: €1,400
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- charcoal heightened with white
- 28 x 16in. (71.12 x 40.64cm)
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'STUDY FOR SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE, 1937'
- Price Realised: €1,400
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- charcoal heightened with white
- 30 x 28½in. (76.20 x 72.39cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF REV. FR. PATRICK O'MARA S.J. (1875-1969)'
- Price Realised: €1,400
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- charcoal and pastel on buff coloured paper
- 20 x 17½in. (50.80 x 44.45cm)
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'STUDY FOR PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD'
- Price Realised: €1,400
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- pencil and pastel
- 19¼ x 11½in. (48.90 x 29.21cm)