Sylvia Cooke-Collis
Born in Glanmire, Co. Cork, and raised at Annes Groves, Castletownroche, Sylvia Cooke-Collis studied at the Crawford Municipal School of Art in Cork. She later took further lessons in Dublin from Mainie Jellett, subsequently recounting her memories of this time in A Tribute to Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett, edited by Stella Frost and published in 1957. The pair became friends and Jellett occasionally visited the younger artist in Cork on painting holidays. www.whytes.ie Cooke-Collis began exhibiting in 1936 with the Watercolour Society of Ireland, ultimately showing sixty works with the group over the following twenty years. She also exhibited with the more avant-garde artists of the Dublin Painters Society and held at least one solo exhibition at their gallery, in November 1944. Further solo shows ensued at the Grafton Gallery, Dublin (1947, ’49 and ’52). Cork scenes predominated but she also painted in Kerry and Connemara; circus horses and fishing villages were favoured subjects. She is represented in the Crawford Gallery, Cork, the Ulster Museum, Belfast, and numerous county council collections across Ireland. www.whytes.ie
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'BALLYCOTTON HARBOUR, COUNTY CORK'
- Price Realised: €3,200
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 37 by 53cm., 14.5 by 21in.
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'CORK TEASHOP INTERIOR, circa 1954'
- Price Realised: €2,700
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- oil on board
- 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18in.
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'CIRCUS HORSES AT CASTLETOWNROCHE, COUNTY CORK'
- Price Realised: €2,400
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- watercolour and gouache over pencil
- 41 by 56cm., 16.2 by 22in.
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'HORSES IN A WOOD and DEATH IN THE SUN (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €1,700
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- oil on board
- 38 by 50cm., 15 by 19.7 5in.
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'WASHING DRYING, WEST CORK'
- Price Realised: €1,600
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- oil on board
- 50 by 41cm., 19.5 by 16in.
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'BALLYCOTTON, COUNTY CORK'
- Price Realised: €1,600
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 38 by 56cm., 15 by 22in.
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'CROCUS AND IRIS, circa 1937'
- Price Realised: €1,300
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- gouache on board
- 27 by 20cm., 10.7 5 by 8in.
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'TREES AND PLOUGHED FIELD'
- Price Realised: €1,200
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- gouache on board
- 46 by 30cm., 18 by 12in.
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'FISHERMEN MENDING NETS, COUNTY CORK'
- Price Realised: €1,200
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 34 by 45cm., 13.5 by 17.7 5in.
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'STICK GATHERING'
- Price Realised: €1,100
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 51 by 38cm., 20 by 15in.
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'VILLAGE HARBOUR'
- Price Realised: €1,050
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- watercolour and gouache on paper
- 55 by 37cm., 21.5 by 14.7 5in.
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'BACK OF VILLAGE NO. 4'
- Price Realised: €1,050
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- gouache on board
- 37 by 46cm., 14.5 by 18in.
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'FOREST SCENE'
- Price Realised: €1,050
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour and gouache on board
- 52 by 39cm., 20.5 by 15.5in.
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'MENDING NETS, WEST CORK'
- Price Realised: €1,050
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 49 by 37cm., 19.2 5 by 14.7 5i
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'MURDER IN THE RHUBARB, circa 1943'
- Price Realised: €1,050
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 28 by 48cm., 11 by 19in.
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'THREE SKETCHBOOKS, circa 1936'
- Price Realised: €950
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and crayon (various)
- 51 by 41cm., 20 by 16in.
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'THE DEW DROP INN, COUNTY CORK'
- Price Realised: €900
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- watercolour and gouache on paper
- 33 by 38cm., 13 by 15in.
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'TREES IN A LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: €900
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- gouache on board
- 30 by 23cm., 12 by 9.25in.
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'CHRISTMAS ROSES'
- Price Realised: €750
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- gouache on board
- 26 by 42cm., 10.2 5 by 16.5in.
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'THREE DONKEYS'
- Price Realised: €750
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- oil on canvas board
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'FIGURES HURRYING ALONG A STREET'
- Price Realised: €650
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 38 by 55cm., 15 by 21.5in.