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Oakley, George
County Meath artist?
“Moored at Crosshaven” oil on canvas board (12″ x 16″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/9/2017 for €220.00.
“Snow on Tonelagee” oil on canvas (14″ x 18″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 6/8/2019 for €320.00.
O’Boyle, Patrick
Ó Braonain, Donal S
Active 1970s.
Untitled River Scene, oil on canvas, sold at Purcell’s, Birr – 14/12/2013 for €40.00.
“Boats at New Ross” 1972, watercolour (16″ x 20″), sold at Matthews, Oldcastle – 25/5/2021 for €35.00.
Ó Bréartúin, Pat
Dublin born Landscape and Still Life artist.
“A View of the Liffey” oil on canvas (15.5″ x 12″) sold at The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club 2018 Exhibition.
O’Briain, Cathal
O’Brien, Bill
O’Brien, Cora
Cora is a Dublin based artist and a graduate of NCAD and DIT. She has had many solo exhibitions and has also participated in group shows. Her work is in private collections in Ireland and abroad, as well as in the collections of Aer Lingus, The Law Society and Tallaght Hospital.
O’Brien, Denis (-1985)
Noted landscape painter/sculptor and father of artist Senan O’Brien.
Left to right: “Water Lily Lake, Killarney” and “Ross Castle, Killarney, Co.Kerry”, both oil on canvas board (9.5″ x 14.5″), sold at Helmuth Stone Auctions, Sarasota, Florida – 26/1/2020 for $100.00.
O’Brien, Dermod PRHA (1865 – 1945)
“Heading the Stooks” dated 1923, oil on canvas (29″ x 39″), sold at Adam’s – 28/9/2016 for €8,000.00.
O’Brien, Geraldine M (1922 – 2014)
Daughter of the artist Cecily O’Brien she was a regular exhibitor at the RHA from the 1940s to the 1990s.
“Still Life” watercolour (15″ x 18″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s -30/1/2017 for €400.00.
Left to right: “Tulips” oil on canvas (7″ x 23″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 22/1/2018; and “Roses” oil on canvas (10″ x 14″).
“View of Cook Street, Dublin.8.” oil on canvas (17″ x 26″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/1/2021 for €1,600.
O’Brien, Gretta (1933/1922 – 2017)
Landscape artist both traditional and abstract.
“Landscape” dated 1966, oil on canvas (34″ x 36″), sold at Whyte’s – 8/3/2000 for €609.00.
“Hilltop View” dated 1978, oil on canvas (18″ x 26″) – unsold at Adam’s – 13/12/2016.
“West of Ireland Fishing Village” oil on canvas (10″ x 12″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 18/11/2019 for €280.00.
O’Brien, Jackie
“Appreciation” oil on canvas (24″ x 24″).
More from the artist here: Jackie O’Brien.
O’Brien, Fr.John (1937 – 2013)
Wexford landscape artist and maths teacher.
“Bunnacurry, Achill” oil on canvas board (18″ x 23″), sold at Dolan’s ‘Rosslare Sale‘ – 30/4/17 for €320.00.
O’Brien, Michael
Michael O’Brien studied at the Limerick School of Art, Mulgrave Street, the forerunner of the Limerick School of Art and Design. On graduation he worked for a time in the vocational school in Cappamore, before securing the post of art teacher in St.Joseph’s Secondary School, Doon. He held this position for over forty years until his retirement in 2012.
More here: Michael O’Brien Artist
O’Brien, Nikki
O’Brien, Senan (1964)
“Studying the Form” dated 2002, oil on board (10″ x 15″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 22/1/2018 for €550.00.
“Double Check” dated 2015, oil on canvas (19″ x 23″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/6/2018 for €320.00.
O’Brien, Terry
Terry O’Brien studied Fine Art in The Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork through print making and photography, resulting in a BA Hons in 2006. Having concentrated on a music career, he moved to West Cork in 2013 where he rediscovered his love of painting.
Terry currently undertakes commissions and can be contacted at the link below.
More here: tobportraits
“Marie and Friends, Engagement Party” acrylic on canvas (24″ x 48″).
“Painting Perspective” oil on board (17″ x 12″).
Ó’Broin, Liam (1944)
Born in Dublin.
“Loughton House” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″), offered at Sheppard’s 29/9/2016.
“Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin” signed and dated 1971, limited edition lithograph (15.5″ x 20″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 20/9/2021 for €100.00.
O’Byrne, Andrew
“Connemara Landscape” dated 1975, oil on canvas (17.5″ x 24″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 30/9/2019 for €240.00.
O’Callaghan, Andrew
Wexford based Tattoo artist and more..
O’Callaghan, Kieran (1960)
“Kingfisher” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 30/9/2019 for €340.00.
O’Callaghan-Westropp, Rosemary (1896 – 1982)
“Ommeyad” oil painting of the 1957 Irish St.Leger winner.
O’Carra, Olivia
“Sunset Loch Lein” oil on canvas board (11″ x 15″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/11/2019 for €140.00.
“Torc Waterfall” 2007, oil on canvas (24″ x 24″).
O’Carroll, Ann
O’Ceallacháin, Diarmuid (1915 – 1993)
“Fishing the Lake” oil on board (16″ x 20″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 26/6/2017.
O’Ceannobháin, Jason (1982)
See Wildlife page.
O’Ciobhain, Blaithin (1935)
Blaithin O’Ciobhain was born in Dublin and attended the National College of Art and Design where she studied under Keating and graduated with honours from the School of Painting in 1958. In 1960 Blaithin joined RTE where she wrote and presented “Lets Draw with Blaithin”, the world’s first televised fine arts masterclass.
“Bowl of Fruit” still life, pastel on paper.
Ó Cíosóig, Deirdre
O’Clery, Michael
www.michaeloclery.blogspot.com
Wildlife artist.
Ó Colmáin, Séamus (1925 – 1990)
“The Four Courts, Dublin” oil on board (31″ x 44″), sold at Adam’s – 29/3/2006 for €4,000.
Left to right: “Old Doorway” oil on board (12.5″ x 15″), sold at Whyte’s – 13/3/2001 for €2,031.00; “Gossip” watercolour (8″ x 10″), sold at de Vere’s – 18/7/2018 for €135.00; and “Where Handel Played” watercolour (15.5″ x 18.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 7/8/2018 for €550.00.
Ó Conchubhair, Fergal
O’Connell, Conor (1999)
More here: Conors-Art
“Ballaghaderreen Cathedral” acrylic on board (14″ x 10″).
See more of Conor’s work on the Wildlife page.
O’Connell, Derek
“Doolin, Co.Clare” 2020 watercolour.
O’Connell, Fionnula
Limerick born landscape artist.
O’Connell, John RUA (1935)
O’Connell, Mary
Above: “Irish Seabirds“, one of a number of books from the Folens Environmental Library Series published in the late 1970s and illustrated by Mary O’Connell, plus an image from inside the book.
O’Connell, Terence (1948)
Terence O’Connell has lived and worked in the lakeland area of north County Westmeath since 1977. He is largely self-taught and is now a well known landscape and wildlife artist working in both oil and watercolour.
“Sedge Warbler” watercolour (13″ x 12″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 29/1/2018 for €220.00.
“Eagle Owl” watercolour (13″ x 18″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 10/1/2022 for €650.00.
“Crane at Water’s Edge” watercolour (14” x 28”), sold at Mealy’s – 23/3/2022 for €150.00.
O’Connor, Brenda
www.brendaoconnoririshpaintings.com
A native of Dublin, is a self-taught landscape artist and paints mainly in acrylic.
O’Connor, Cormac
“Rain cloud over Cork” watercolour, sold at South Dublin Auction – 20/5/2021 for €170.00.
O’Connor, Declan (1957)
O’Connor, Emma
O’Connor, Eoin (1973)
“Harvest Moon” acrylic on canvas (27″ x 39″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 12/8/2019 for €1,300.
“The Homestead” oil on canvas (31.5″ x 47″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 18/11/2019 for €1,300.
O’Connor, James Arthur (1792 – 1842)
“Wicklow landscape with solitary figure” oil on canvas (14″ x 18″), sold at Whyte’s – 9/10/2001 for €5,713 including buyer’s premium.
“Old Mile, Beggars Bush” watercolour (6″ x 9″), sold at Sheppard’s (Durrow) – 26/9/2017 for €750.00.
O’Connor, Jennifer
O’Connor, Patrick (1909 – 1997)
“Jack B Yeats” oil on canvas (23.5″ x 19.5″), sold at Whyte’s – 10/10/2000 for €4,444.00.
O’Connor, Peter “Metcalfe”
O’Connor, Roderic (1908 – 2001)
O’Connor, Seán (1909 – 1992)
“Bridge on the Loe, Killarney” oil on board (16″ x 20″), sold at Whyte’s – 17/7/2017 for €320.00.
“Fossa Shore, Lough Leine, Killarney” oil on canvas (20″ x 24″), sold at Adam’s – 13/12/2016 for €200.00.
“Old Cottages, Caragh” watercolour (11″ x 15″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 15/5/2017 for €260.00.
“The 18th Green, Killarney” watercolour (10.5″ x 14.5″), sold at Mullock’s (Shropshire), UK – 24/5/2018 for £120.00.
“Gypsies at Puck Fair” dated 1951, watercololour (10″ x 13″), sold at Gormley’s – 31/5/2022 for £200.00.
O’Connor, Tony
O’Conor, Roderic (1860 – 1940)
O’Curry, Gavin (1969)
Gavin O’Curry was born in London and graduated from Winchester School of Art in 1992 with a degree in sculpture and now lives and works in Dublin.
“The Future’s Here to Stay” acrylic on canvas.
Ó Dálaigh, Seosamh
O’Dea, Feargal
O’Dea, Frank (1966)
Dublin born artist.
O’Dea, Mick PRHA (1958)
Born in Ennis, Co. Clare, Mick O’Dea studied at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin and the University of Massachusetts, Boston from 1976 to 1981. In 1997, he received an M.A. in European Fine Art from the Winchester School of Art in Barcelona and Winchester. He taught at NCAD from 1981 to 1999, and has also taught at universities in England and the U.S.
Mick O’Dea was elected a Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1996 and was elected President of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2014.
“Portrait of Monica Owens” dated 1986, pastel (22″ x 15″), unsold at Whyte’s – 17/7/2017.
Odell, Isabel (c.1872 – 1948)
Portrait of an officer of the 4th King’s Own Regiment of Foot – copied from an earlier work, oil on canvas (31″ x 26″).
“Ardmore, Co Waterford” oil on canvas (11.5″ x 16″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 27/9/2022 for €900.00.
Odell, Mary (c.1903 – 1976)
“Ardmore” oil on board (13″ x 14″), sold at Whyte’s – 24/9/2014 for €400.00.
“Glencar, Kerry” oil on board (13″ x 16″) sold on eBay in November 2016.
O’Doherty, Brian
“Connemara Light” oil on board (15.5″ x 19.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/10/2018 for €380.00.
O’Doherty, Kathleen
Bray based artist.
O’Doherty, Susan
Dublin based Artist and Illustrator.
O’Donnell, Deirdre
“Killarney Lake” acrylic on board.
“Caherdaniel” oil on board (7″ x 9.5″).
O’Donnell, Henry C (1900 – 1992)
Left to right: “Still Life with Flowers” oil on board (17″ x 13″), unsold at Whyte’s – 17/7/2017; and “Distant Hills” oil on canvas, sold at Whyte’s – 1/3/2021 for €320.00.
“Seaside Cottage” oil on board (14″ x 18″), sold at Fonsie Mealy’s – 10/7/2018 for €240.00.
O’Donnell, Jason
Cork artist.
O’Donnell, Joe
A native of Galway City, Joe paints in watercolour, oils, acrylic and pastels. His main subjects are Landscapes, Harbour Scenes, Galway City, Still Life and Figures.
O’Donnell, Mike
Tralee based Court artist, illustrator, cartoonist and more. Available for commissions.
More here: Mike-O’Donnell-Art
O’Donnell, Nikola
Dublin born watercolour artist.
“Bollaghnabeana, near Kenmare, Co. Kerry ” watercolour (13″ x 22″), sold at Mealy’s – 23/3/2022 for €90.
O’Donnell, Simon
“Aftermath, West Clare” dated 2007, oil on board (15″ x 21″).
“Fractured” oil on board (21″ x 31″, sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 1/11/2021 for €400.00.
O’Donoghue, Noel
I’m a self taught amateur artist living in Cappoquin, West Waterford. Most of my work is influenced by my surroundings, Glenshelane Forest, the Blackwater Valley and the Copper Coast. I usually work in acrylics for landscapes and oils for portraits. I welcome commissions and can be contacted via my Facebook page below or by telephone on (087) 760 8639.
More here: Noel-O’Donoghue-Art
Left to right: “Glenshelane” a recent commission, oil on canvas (30″ x 24″); and a woodland scene from the Glenshelane series.
Left to right: “Autumn, Dromana Bridge” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″); and “Iggy at Poison Glen, Donegal” acrylic on canvas (16″ x 20″).
“Jenna Kate” oil on canvas (20″ x 16″).
O’Donoghue Healy, Anastasia
Self-taught artist from County Wexford now living and working in West Cork.
More here: Anastasia-Artist-West-Cork
O’Donohoe, Francis Joseph ARHA (1878 – 1911)
Landscape and Figure Painter.
O’Donohoe, Wendy
Dublin born artist.
O’Donovan, Ann Marie
Ann Marie lives and paints from her home at Muckruss, near the town of Clonakilty in West Cork.
O’Donovan, Olivia
O’Driscoll, Breda
Native of County Clare now living and painting in Bray, Co.Wicklow.
O’Driscoll, Marie
O’Driscoll, Stephen (fl.1825 – 1925)
“Laying down the Law” watercolour and silhouette (11″ x 8.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 26/4/2021 for €900.00.
O’Duinn, Carrie
Born in Ireland and studied at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin.
“Sandycove” watercolour drawing (18″ x 21″).
Left to right: “Sheltered Harbour” watercolour (15″ x 20″); and “Winter Lough” watercolour drawing (7″ x 12″), sold at Ross’s – 26/2/2020 for £50.00.
Ó Duinn, Lar
O’Dwyer
Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, original poster artwork, signed O’Dwyer ’53, oil on canvas (42″ x 27.5″), sold at Morphy Auctions, Denver, USA – 18/6/2019 for $1,600.
O’Dwyer, Pat
“Morning Coffee” oil on board (10″ x 12″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 3/10/2016 for €240.00.
“The Flower Sellers at Boodles on Grafton Street, Dublin” 2018, oil on canvas (16″ x 20″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 12/8/2019 for €200.00.
O’Dwyer, Sean (1964)
Medieval boat drawing.
Ó Faoláin, Pádraig (1947 – 2009)
Ó Faoláin, Sean
“Doolan’s Pub, Waterford City ” pen and ink drawing.
O’Farrell, Hilda
“Looking up Grafton Street” watercolour drawing (15″ x 19″), sold at Ross’s – 6/5/2020 for £30.00.
O’Farrell, Róisín
O’Farrell, Sorca
Sorca O’Farrell is a graduate of The National College of Art and Design and Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design. Sorca has exhibited at the RHA, RUA and the National Gallery of Ireland.
She lives and works in Howth, Co.Dublin.
“Repose 1” charcoal, Indian ink and pastel (19.5″ x 23.5″).
O’Farrell, Tom
“West of Ireland Lake & Mountain Scene” oil on canvas (23″ x 30″), sold at Adams – 16/12/2014 for €150.00.
“Path through the Trees” (1985) oil on canvas (20″ x 30″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 21/9/2020 for €950.00.
Officer, L
Assumed to be Irish.
“Bantry Bay” dated 1985, acrylic on canvas (16″ x 30″).
O’Gorman, Cecil Crawford (1874 – 1943)
Cecil Crawford O’Gorman was an Irish born mining engineer, chemist and painter. He studied engineering in Dublin before moving to Mexico to work for a British mining company in 1895. Following ill-health from working in mining areas, O’Gorman became a chemist and later found his true vocation as an artist.
He attended classes given by Mexican painter Saturnino Herrán, and later travelled to France to improve his painting. He was among the circle of painters who were central to the “Mexican Renaissance” such as Alfonso Michel, Manuel González Serrano, and Emilio Baz Viaud, and became well known for his portraiture, landscapes and murals. Ref: Wiki.
Left to right: Untitled Village scene, watercolour (9″ x 13″), sold at Market Auctions, Florida – 8/4/2021 for $150; and an Untitled landscape, watercolour (13.5″ x 21″), unsold in same auction.
Self portrait of the artist as a chemist – dated 1936.
O’Grady, Ger
O’Grady, John
O’Hagan, Anthony
Anthony is a self taught artist from County Derry. He always was interested in art from an early age and won a schools competition for art. Anthony has a great love for the outdoors and his personality shows through in his colourful, quirky paintings.
More here: Artist-Anthony-O’Hagan
O’Hagan, Harriet Osborne (1830 – 1921)
Harriet Osborne O’Hagan was born in Dublin and first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1849. She studied under George Sharp who encouraged her to go to Paris where she went in c.1866 and is said to have opened the first academy for women artists there. She visited Normandy in 1880 and remained in France for the rest of her life. A number of her drawings and two of her oils are included in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland. Ref: Adams.
Still life, oil on canvas (24″ x 20″), sold at de Vere’s – 16/6/2015 for €950.00.
O’Halloran, James (1955)
“Boats, Youghal” oil on board (14″ x 17.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 6/8/2019 for €400.00.
O’Halloran, Maura
O’Hara, Anna (1940 – 2013)
Anna O’Hara was born in Lancashire, England, attended art college there and in Leicester, and taught art in Norwich, where she had her first solo exhibition in 1966. She and her family moved to County Cork, Ireland, in 1976, and she specialised in painting Irish, French and Moroccan landscapes in oils and gouache.
Left to right: “Rolling towards Crosshaven” oil on canvas (13.5″ x 17.5″); and “Blackwater Reflections” oil on canvas (19.5″ x 29.5″).
O’Hara, Dermot
“Connemara Landscape” dated 2005, oil on board (9″ x 24″).
O’Hara, Helen (fl.1881 – 1919)
Northern Irish artist.
“On the Coast of Co.Waterford” watercolour (14.5″ x 21″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 30/11/2021 for €1,000.
O’Hara, Helen Sophia RUA (1846 – 1920)
Born in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Helen O’Hara is best known as a landscape and seascape painter. Working in watercolours, she exhibited a total of seventeen works at the RHA between 1881 and 1892. In 1877 she illustrated the children’s book ‘Prince Ritto’, written by her friend Fanny Currey. In 1892 she first exhibited at the Water Colour Society of Ireland and from then until 1913 more than one hundred of her works were shown. In 1896 she was elected a vice-president of the Belfast Art Society. She also exhibited over sixty works with the Society of Women Artists. Her work has been compared to that of Mildred Anne Butler and Rose Barton, and is included in the collection of the Ulster Museum.
“Coastal Scene” watercolour (8″ x 13″), sold at Whyte’s – 10/12/2016 for €400.00.
“Lismore Castle” dated 1911, watercolour (12.5″ x 21″), sold at Whyte’s – 2/10/2017 for €1,400.
“On the Coast, Co. Waterford” watercolour (14″ x 20½”), sold at Adams – 2/6/2021 for €500.
O’Hara, Patrick
O’Hara, Quinton
Belfast artist.
“Fox & Cub” oil on canvas (20″ x 16″), sold at Ross’s – 6/12/2017 for £180.00.
“Don Sebastian” (2016) oil on canvas, unsold at Ross’s – 10/8/2016.
O’Hare, Jack
Waterford artist.
O’Hare, Roisin
O’Hea, John Fergus (1838 – 1922)
“The Prince and Princess of Wales at Punchestown Races, 1868” oil on canvas (52″ x 84″), sold at Christie’s (London) “B.J. Eastwood Collection of Important Sporting and Irish Art” – 9/7/2021 for £560,000 – against a pre sale estimate of £100,000/£150,000.
O’Hehir, Debi (–2015)
O’Kane, Elizabeth
Elizabeth O’Kane is an award-winning sculptor and painter, originally from Northern Ireland, now working in Dublin. Her work follows the realist tradition.
O’Kane, Joe
“The G.N.R.Railway, Great Victoria St., Belfast” watercolour drawing (12″ x 16″).
Left to right: “The Royal Hippodrome” pen & ink drawing with watercolour wash (15″ x 11″), sold at Ross’s – 6/2/2013 for £100.00; “The Imperial Cinema” pen & ink drawing with watercolour wash (13″ x 11″), sold at Ross’s – 6/2/2013 for £200.00; and “Barry McGuigan” watercolour drawing (19.5″ x 13.5″), sold at Ross’s – 13/2/2019 for £30.00.
O’Keefe, Niall
O’Keeffe, Deborah
Deborah O’Keeffe Paintings of Ireland
O’Keeffe, John (c.1797 – 1838)
Born in Fermoy, Co.Cork of humble parentage, O’Keeffe began painting at an early age and was apprenticed to a coach painter. He began painting scenes for local theatres, working his way up to religious pictures for local Roman Catholic churches.
O’Kelly, James Aloysius(1853 – 1936)
The Irish landscape artist, figurative painter and orientalist Aloysius O’Kelly was born in Dublin.
“A Load of Turf, Connemara” oil on canvas sold at Sotheby’s in 2008.
“Mass in a Connemara Cabin” was exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1884 and received much praise but subsequently disappeared for the next 100 years before turning up in a church presbytery in Edinburgh. It is now on long-term loan to the National Gallery of Ireland.
“Expectation, West of Ireland” oil on canvas (29.5″ x 24.5″), exhibited at the RHA in 1881, sold at Adam’s – 27/3/2019 for €40,000.
O’Kennedy, Leon (1896 – 1976)
Leon O’Kennedy was born in New York but was brought back to Ireland by his parents, Irish emigrants, in 1901 when he was 5 years of age. His mother died in a TB sanatorium, part of the Strokestown Workhouse, Co.Roscommon in 1907, and his father returned to the USA in 1910. However, when his father sent for the children a few years later Leon opted to remain in Ireland and was adopted by an Uncle & Aunt in Elphin, Co.Roscommon.
He went on to win a scholarship to University College Galway later becoming a teacher. Settling first in Castlepollard, and later in Mullingar where he continued teaching until the 1950’s when he moved to Blackrock, Co.Dublin.
Working mainly in watercolour and in later years, oils, he painted all over the country but with a special love for Connemara and the South West. His earliest known paintings date from 1947 and the most recent to 1973. He seems to have been at his busiest in the 1950s and also painted some Italian scenes in 1949.
He is reputed to have exhibited in Ireland and the UK but there no record of this. Several reliable sources have referenced him selling his paintings door to door and he seems to have also undertaken commissions – see the bungalow below. It must surely have been a commission, and possibly one of his least interesting works to appear for sale – currently (July 2020) available on eBay for an incredible £390 – overpriced despite the artist doing his best to make the best of an uninspiring subject!
An unidentified bungalow dated 1970, oil on board (21.5″ x 33.5″) – on eBay July 2020.
He retired from teaching in the mid 1960’s and devoted himself to painting full time, with a bit of poetry and writing plays thrown in, (he had one of his plays produced by Anew McMaster, a noted touring theatre actor/manager.
Leon O’Kennedy or León Ó Cinnéide (which he sometimes used), an underrated artist with a distinctive style, died on 30th November 1976.
Untitled watercolour (10″ x 16″) sold at Eastbourne Auctions, UK – 21/3/2016 for just £45.00.
Untitled watercolour sold at Keighery’s, Waterford – 18/9/2017 for €85.00.
“Parknasilla” watercolour (11″ x 18″), sold after auction from Keighery’s, (Waterford) Oct. 2017.
Untitled oil on board (11″ x 19″) sold on eBay in Nov. 2017.
Pair of Untitled Irish landscapes, signed and dated 1973, oil on board each (18″ x 26″), sold at Purcell’s, Birr – 6/11/2019.
“White Strand, Lough Swilly, Donegal Coast” oil on board (20″ x 30″), sold at Herman & Wilkinson – 1/10/2020 for €100.00.
O’Mahony, Eilish (-2017)
Eilish O’Mahony was born in Portlaoise and after her marriage moved to County Louth. There she was a pupil of the artist Bea Orpen and first exhibited her work in 1957. She was a member of the Dundalk Art Group and of the North Louth Painters with whom she exhibited regularly.
O’Mahony, Maureen
O’Malley, Cathal (1965)
I am a self-taught artist and have been painting for over twenty years. I live in Connemara, a beautiful part of west Galway in Ireland and I am inspired by the beautiful landscapes and the ever-changing light. My work has been bought all over the world and more information can be found on my website.
“Connemara Light“.
“Sligo Landscape” oil on canvas (20″ x 30″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 8/8/2022 for €280.00.
O’Malley, James (c.1816 – 1888)
Portrait artist.
O’Maoldomhnaigh, Tomás
Limerick born, Tomás has been a professional portrait and landscape artist for many years. He now lives and works as a full time portrait/figure artist and illustrator in his adopted County Clare.
O’Meara, Frank (1853 – 1888)
“Autumnal Sorrows” – in the collection of the Ulster Museum.
O’Meara, Frank
Clare artist.
“Norman Ruin in Parkland” dated 1999, oil on canvas board (19.5″ x 29.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 14/8/2018 for €200.00.
O’Muirthile, Micheal
West Cork based artist known for his equine art, landscape and portraiture paintings and drawings.
O’Murnaghan, Art (1875 – 1953)
“Spirits of the Storm” watercolour (11″ x 17″), sold at Fonsie Mealy’s – 8/3/2017 for €850.00.
O’Neill, Brian
Dublin based artist Brian O’Neill has a background in construction spanning 38 years. Specialising in the conservation of Ireland’s medieval structures through to the Georgian architecture which defines Dublin, Brian gained a great knowledge and appreciation for our built heritage. It is this passion for historical architecture that influences much of Brian’s art. As a mature student he completed a four year joint degree course in History of Art & Design and Ceramic Design, at Dublin’s National College of Art & Design, in 2015. Following a successful Degree show Brian set up his Dublin based studio where he works on his ceramic sculptural work, watercolour and acrylic paintings. Brian has developed a very distinctive style in his ceramic work, producing a series of ceramic sculptures of Dublin’s Victorian pubs. His ceramic sculptures have been based on rough sketches and photographs. However, recently Brian has produced wonderful, highly detailed watercolours of the structures he is working on and these paintings are then used as a template for his ceramic works. The ceramic works can be bought alongside the watercolour as a set or as individual pieces. Brian’s works have been bought by many private collectors, Businesses and the Office of Public Works for the State art collection.
“The Poison Glen, Gweedore, Donegal” watercolour (14″ x 19″).
O’Neill, Cathal (1930 – 2022)
Dublin born architect and a keen watercolourist, whose paintings of the city were published as “Cathal O’Neill’s Dublin” in 1997.
First published by the Mercier Press, Dublin, and copies still available online.
O’Neill, Daniel (1920 – 1974)
“Gleneely, Co.Donegal” oil on board (15″ x 15.5″), unsold at Adams – 27/3/2019 and de Vere’s 26/11/2019.
“Tramcar Dwelling” dating from c.1953, oil on board (18″ 24″), unsold at de Vere’s – 26/11/2019.
O’Neill, G G
“Wilds of Connemara” 2001, oil on canvas (14″ x 18″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 20/9/2021 for €120.00.
O’Neill, Henry (1798 – 1880)
Born in Clonmel, Co.Tipperary. Archaeologist and painter.
O’Neill, Honora
O’Neill, Hugh (1959)
“St.Patrick’s Country, Co.Down” oil on canvas (20″ x 24″).
Left to right: Byre House, Co.Donegal and Farm House, Co.Donegal – two views from a set of Irish Buildings prints – believed to have been produced in the 1980s and by the artist – further investigation ongoing!
“Portaferry Twilight” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″), sold at Potomack Auctions, Virginia, USA – 29/9/2021 for $325.00.
O’Neill, J J
Left to right: “Harvest Time near Connemara” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″) sold at Ross’s 10/8/2016 for £60; “Delphi, Connemara” and “Near Ballycastle, County Antrim” oil on board (8″ x 10″), sold at Ross’s – 1/3/2017 for £30.
“Banna Bay, Co.Kerry” oil on canvas (20″ x 26″), sold at Ross’s – 18/8/2021 for £60.
O’Neill, Joan
“Summer Time” oil on canvas (16″ x 36″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 14/8/2018 for €280.00.
O’Neill, Ken (1967)
O’Neill, Mark (1963)
“Festive Drawing Room” oil on board (23″ x 23″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 24/10/2016.
Left to right: “Galvanised Red” oil on board (17″ x 22″), sold at Adam’s – 28/9/2016 for €4,400.00; and “The National Gallery, Dublin” 2003, oil on board (22″ x 28″), sold at Whyte’s – 2/10/2017 for €7,500.
O’Neill, Maura
www.artlimerick.com/limerick-artist-maura-oneill
Maura is an amateur, self-taught artist, originally from Ballylongford, Co.Kerry, but now based in Limerick City. She specialises in oil paintings of seascapes and landscapes of County Kerry, and sells through shared exhibitions with Art Limerick and via Coast Cafe in Ballybunion. She is also happy to accept commissions and can be contacted via her page on Art Limerick – above.
“Ballybunion” oil on canvas – sold.
Left to right: “King John’s Castle” oil on canvas, a commission – sold; and “Carrigafoyle” oil on canvas (16″ x 16″) – available for €240 incl.box frame.
“Virgin Rock” oil on canvas (12″ x 12″) – available for €200 incl. box frame.
O’Neill, Michael (1930)
“Donegal Landscape” oil on canvas (23″ x 29″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 5/12/2022 for €650.00.
“Conversing figures in a Rural Landscape” oil on board (16″ x 24″), sold at Whyte’s – 16/12/2020 for €580.00.
O’Neill, William (1986)
William O’Neill is a visual artist living and working in County Meath. He graduated from the National College of Art and Design with a Bachelors of Fine Art in Painting in 2009.
O’Neill Gallagher, Frederick (fl.1906 – 1917)
“Cherry Blossoms” oil on canvas (9″ x 13″), sold at Whyte’s – 10/12/2016 for €480.00.
Ó Nualláin, Micheál (1928 – 2016)
Left to right: “Brian O’Nuallain aka Flann O’Brien” oil on canvas (31″ x 25″), sold at Fonsie Mealy’s – 7/3/2018 for €950.00; and “Tom Murphy” poet and playwright, charcoal drawing (19.5″ x 15.5″), sold at Fonsie Mealy’s – 7/3/2018 for €380.00.
“Kilroy is Here” a wonderful collection of the artist’s cartoons depicting Irish life over the last fifty years – self published in 2009.
Oram, Deirdre
Northern Irish artist.
O’Regan, Des
Galway artist.
O’Regan, Rachelle
Dublin artist specialising in pet portraiture.
More here: Rachelle-O’Regan-Art
O’Reilly, Anne
“Evening in Clifden” oil on canvas board (15.5″ x 19.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 27/1/2020 for €200.00.
O’Reilly, John
John O’Reilly is a former graffiti artist and his early subjects were of areas that he had often painted graffiti in, including non-pedestrian environments such as the railway and abandoned sites. His work continues to consider the urban landscape even further, presenting banal and marginal exterior spaces. Recent paintings feature monolithic-like environments of asphalt and concrete, of fuel tank farms and car parks, describing long pedestrian walks around vehicular infrastructures.
“Drury Street Car Park” – oil on canvas (31.5″ x 39″).
Right to left: “The Lane” oil on canvas (39″ x 39″); and “The Container Yard” oil on canvas (39″ x 39″).
O’Reilly, Joseph AHRA (1865 – 1893)
“A Tinsmith at Work” oil on canvas (43.5″ x 56″) sold at Adams – 2/12/2015 for €10,000.00.
O’Reilly, Kathryn (1927 – 2012)
“Bluebell Wood” (2006)
O’Reilly, Roger
Kilkenny based artist and illustrator.
O’Reilly-Hynes, Geraldine
O’Riordan, Brian (1962)
“Old Pier, Cork Harbour” 2016, oil on canvas (20″ x 24″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 30/9/2019 for €850.00.
Left to right: “Waterfall, West Cork” 2017, oil on canvas (43″ x 22″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/11/2019 for €260.00; and “Poppy Field by the Old Forge” oil on canvas (30″ x 30″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 10/3/2020 for €320.00.
O’Riordan, Dorothy
Dorothy O’ Riordan was born in Cork and studied Fine Art at Crawford College of Art and Design.
O’Riordan, Geraldine
O’Riordan, Noreen
O’Rourke, Lily
Orpen, Bea HRHA (1913 – 1980)
Born in Carrickmines, County Dublin, Bea Orpen was a landscape and portrait painter. She studied at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin before becoming an Art Teacher. The niece of Sir William Orpen, she played an instrumental role in establishing Drogheda Municipal Gallery of Art. She was made an honorary member of the RHA in 1980.
“Cottages at Clogher” watercolour sold at James Adams 1/6/16 – €700.00.
Left to right: “Mayo Sky” gouache on paper (9″ x 12″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 3/10/2016 for €260.00; and an untitled seascape, gouache on paper (14″ x 19.5″) sold on eBay – 6/2/2017 for £120.00.
“In an Ipswich Garden” dated 1949, gouache on buff coloured paper (9″ x 9″), sold at Whyte’s – 3/4/2017 for €700.00.
“Stone Circle ” mixed media (6″ x 10″), sold at Ross’s – 14/6/2023 for £300.00.
Orpen, Richard Caulfield RHA (1863 – 1938)
An architect and painter, and the elder brother of William Orpen (1878–1931). He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1888 and showed works every year from 1906-36.
“September Morning: Carrickmines Golf Links” watercolour (9″ x 13″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/12/2013 for €700.00.
“Entering Port” dated 1928, watercolour on paper (6.5″ x 9″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 20/6/2022 for €440.00.
Orpen, William Sir (1878 – 1931)
Left to right: Portrait of Sir Robert Williams – oil on canvas (40¼” x 33¾”) sold at James Adams 1/6/16 – €8,000. Portrait of William Martin Murphy – oil on canvas (50″ x 40″) sold at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Donnington Priory, Newbury, England) 6/4/2016 – £39,000 and Self-Portrait (1912) oil on canvas (24″ x 20″), sold at Adam’s – 7/12/2016 for €110,000.
“Captain Wood of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1919” oil on canvas (30″ x 25″), sold at Waddington’s, Toronto – 12/6/2012 for Can $21,600 incl. buyer’s premium and most recently at Whyte’s – 2/12/2019 for €34,000.
A postcard featuring a soldier of the South Irish Horse from a drawing by Major Sir William Orpen A.R.A. (Ministry of Information). Orpen was already a much-acclaimed artist by the time he joined the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1916. He was soon promoted to Major, and when the Department of Information offered him the chance to work in France for three weeks ‑ he took it and stayed for three years.
Orpen: Mirror to an Age by Bruce Arnold
Published by Jonathan Cape (1982), hardback, 448 pp with many illustrations.
Orr, Elmo De W
“Kilbroney River looking towards Carlingford Mountain & Lough ” oil on canvas (16″ x 30″), sold at Ross’s – 6/12/2023 for £60.
Orr, Maurice
O’Ryan, Fergus RHA (1911 – 1989)
Left to right: “Near Clifden, Connemara” oil on canvas (12″ x 22″); and “Dublin Market” watercolour (16″ x 12″), sold at Adam’s – 28/9/2016 for €400.00 and €570.00 respectively.
“The Lake at Blessington, County Wicklow” oil on board (15.5″ x 23.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 10/1/2022 for €500.00.
“Ballycorus, Co.Dublin – with the Lead Mines” oil on board (15″ x 17″), sold at Adam’s – 27/9/2017 for €520.00.
Osborn, Raymond
London born professional watercolour artist who has lived and worked in Ireland for the last thirty years.
“Old Farm Yard” watercolour (12″ x 16″), sold at Adams – 12/6/2016 for €260.00.
Osborne, Cait
Osborne, Dennis H ARUA (1919 – 2016)
“Saffron Trawler, Portavogie” oil on canvas (20″ x 24″), sold at Ross’s – 27/5/2015 for £360.00.
Osborne, Jean (1926 – 1965)
Osborne, Jim
Jim Osborne is a mainly self-taught landscape artist, who lives and works around the village of Dunfanaghy in County Donegal.
Osborne, Walter Frederick RHA ROI (1859 – 1903)
“Nathaniel Hone, RHA” oil painting, from the book Irish Life and Landscape by J Crampton Walker. It was the last portrait to be painted by the artist who died from pneumonia soon afterwards aged just 44. Apparently, the painting was adjudged the best representation of Hone by those that knew him.
Osborne, William RHA (1823 – 1901)
“Let us be Friends” oil on canvas (18″ x 14″). Sold at Adams – 4/12/2012 for €8,000.00.
O’Shea, Henry (1833 – 1907)
Born in Cork, Henry O’Shea studied Art at the Cork School and then moved to Limerick to work at the School of Arts & Crafts. Later he established himself as a photographer and portrait painter at 117, O’Connell Street in the city.
He painted many religious and other notable figures of the day including Charles Stewart Parnell (below). He remained in Limerick and died at his premises on O’Connell Street on the 4th June 1907. Judging by the ‘who’s who’ of people that attended his funeral he was a very well respected member of the community.
Portrait of Parnell, oil on board (44.5″ x 33.5″) – Wexford County Council Art Collection.
O’Shea, Róisín (1960)
Róisín O’ Shea originally from Cork is an internationally published water-colour artist living in Waterford City. She studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and following graduation headed for Sydney, Australia, where she completed a post-graduate diploma in the City Art Institute. She returned to Ireland in 1985 to work as a full-time professional artist.
Her work has been reproduced under license since 1993, in many forms, including Fine Art prints, calendars, notelets, Christmas cards, books, Collector’s plates and table-top collections. Licensees included John Hinde Ireland Limited, Donegal Parian China, Belleek, Franklin Mint and Pimpernel International.
Róisín’s work, originals, prints, calendars etc. may be purchased from her publishers Printcom, Dublin www.printcom.ie/Róisín O’ Shea
“The Queen’s Pub, Dalkey, Co.Dublin” watercolour (9″ x 12.5″).
Left to right: “Malahide Castle, Co.Dublin” watercolour (11.5″ x 14.5″); and a John Hinde postcard of Blarney Castle and Durty Nelly’s Pub.
“Spaniard Pub, Kinsale, Co. Cork” watercolour (8.5″ x 11″).
“Castles of Ireland” one of a series of books produced by the artist for John Hinde in the mid-1990s and which included “Thatched Ireland”, “Harbours of Ireland” and “Pubs & Shop Fronts of Ireland”. All long out of print but second-hand copies can be found online.
O’Sullivan, Donal (1945 – 1991)
Donal O’Sullivan was a Dublin born artist. He first studied architecture at DIT, before moving to the NCAD to take up sculpture ultimately turning to painting where he specialised in portraiture. He was dedicated to his craft and refused to paint anything except what he chose – regardless of its saleability. Despite a number of sell-out shows in the late 1960s he fell out of fashion for some years, and eventually suffering from delicate mental health took his own life in 1991.
Left to right: “Veiled Woman” pastel on buff coloured paper (20″ x 14″), sold at Whyte’s – 4/10/2010 for €450.00; and “Liza Minelli and Joel Grey from the film Cabaret” pastel on red paper (33″ x 23″), unsold at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, Wiltshire – 6/6/2018.
O’Sullivan, Frank (1977)
Left to right: “In the Park” (35″ x 23″); and “The Voyage” both oil on canvas (31″ x 23″). Sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/8/2016 for €120.00 and €280.00 respectively; “Cappuccino Girl” oil on canvas (24″ x 18″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 3/10/2016 for €100.00 and finally “Winter Street” acrylic on canvas (39″ x 30″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 13/3/2017 for €460.00.
O’Sullivan, John
I am a self-taught artist, working mainly in acrylics, but occasionally in oils. I paint for pleasure and relaxation; I created my website as a way of cataloguing my work. I am influenced by photography, pop art and the intense colour of the smartphone-driven world we live in. Unlike writing and other art forms, painting liberates us from the need to make sense: I love that liberation.
“Six Degrees of Abstraction”
Left to right: “A Helping Hand“; “Embrace the Light” and “George Bernard Shaw“.
O’Sullivan, Katie (1959)
Horse Racing Scene, oil on board (18″ x 23″), sold at Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, USA – 8/6/2019 for $4,000.
O’Sullivan, Louise
O’Sullivan, Marie
“Lady’s View, Killarney” oil on canvas board (11″ x 17″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 6/11/2017 for €120.00.
O’Sullivan, Seán RHA (1906 – 1964)
“Overlooking Calary Bay at Sunset” oil on board (17″ x 19″), unsold at Adam’s – 7/12/2016.
Left to right: “Portrait of a Girl” pastel (17″ x 13″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 22/5/2018; and “Portrait of a Lady in a Black Lace Dress” oil on canvas (18.5″ x 16″), unsold at Adam’s – 27/3/2019; and “Portrait of Mrs. R. Smyllie, in a West of Ireland Landscape” dated 1943, oil on canvas (30″ x 25″), sold at Adam’s – 27/3/2019 for €2,000.
O’Sullivan, Sharon
Dublin artist.
O’Toole, Francis
“Clodagh” 2009, oil on canvas (27.5″ x 19″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 26/4/2022 for €2,600.
“Jimmy, Dolphin House” dated 2010, oil on canvas (17.5″ 13.5″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 20/6/2022.
O’Toole, Jackie
O’Toole, Laurence (1968)
“Cill Rhilig, Kerry” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″), unsold at Mullen’s (Laurel Park) – 12/3/2018.
“Laytown Races” oil on canvas (48″ x 71″), sold at Gormley’s – 11/5/2021 for £1,200.
Ovenden, Charles Thomas (1846 – 1924)
Charles Ovenden was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained as a Church of Ireland clergyman in 1870 and eventually became Dean of St.Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin from 1911 until his death in 1924.
Charles Ovenden was described as a man of Wonderful versatility. He was a talented musician; exhibited oil paintings annually in the Dublin Amateur Sketching Club and the R.H.A. and was well known as a popular lecturer and writer. His self-portrait currently hangs in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Untitled landscape oil on canvas (18″ x 32″), sold at Whyte’s – 17/12/2000 for €761.00 incl.buyer’s premium.
Overend, David (1932)
David Anthony Overend born in Birstall, West Yorkshire is an artist and former politician in Northern Ireland. Totally self-taught he started painting as far back as 1949.
“The Delphi Fishery, Galway” oil on canvas (20″ x 30″) sold at Ross’s – 10/8/2016 for £260.00.
Left to right: “Near Roundstone, Connemara” oil on canvas board (10″ x 16″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 30/1/2017; and “Muckish from Innisbofin Island, Co.Donegal” oil on board (6″ x 9″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 6/11/2017 for €320.00.
“Glenariff, County Antrim” oil on canvas (16″ x 22″), sold at Ross’s – 21/2/2018 for £340.00.
“Ballintoy Church, Co.Antrim” oil on canvas (16″ x 24″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/7/2018 for €650.00.
Overy, Richard
“Nearly Home” watercolour (15″ x 11.5″), sold at Whyte’s – 9/12/2012 for €140.00.
Owen, Eric
“Slemish, County Antrim” oil on board (14″ x 18″), unsold at Ross’s – 13/10/2021.
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