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Page, W J
“Donegal Boatmen” oil on board (6″ x 16″), unsold at Ross’s – 17/6/2020.
“On the banks of the Foyle” oil on board (6″ x 20″), unsold at Ross’s – 20/7/2022.
Pain, Vida
“Shops/Petrol Stop” acrylic on board (7″ x 11″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 26/6/2017 for €320.00.
Palm, Brian (1957)
Brian Palm was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1957 and moved to Dublin in 1977 to attend the National College of Art and Design.
“The Sentinel at Dawn” 2006, mixed media on board (18.5″ x 22.5″), unsold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/10/2018.
Palmer, William (1763 – 1790)
Parker, Richard Dunscombe (c.1805 – 1881)
See Wildlife page here.
Parsons, Lady Alicia (1815 – 1885)
Daughter of the 2nd Earl of Rosse and talented watercolourist.
Parsons, Annie M
“Ross Castle, Killarney” watercolour drawing (11″ x 30″), sold at Ross’s – 7/12/2016 for £10.00.
Pat, Andy
Elusive Northern Irish artist – if you know anything about him please get in touch with me – collectireland@gmail.com
“Warm Barn” oil on board (10″ x 16″), unsold at Ross’s – 29/3/2017.
“Wandering Sheep visit the Dark Hedges” oil on board (10″ x 16″), sold at Ross’s – 29/3/2017 for £160.00.
Left to right: “Andy Pat’s Wandering Sheep, Booze Cruise” oil on canvas (12″ x 16″), sold at Ross’s – 13/2/2019 for £90.00; and “Andy Pat’s Wandering Sheep, Summer Holidays, North Antrim” oil on board (12″ x 12″), sold at Ross’s – 7/10/2020 for £120.00.
“Andy Pat’s Wandering Sheep, The Tasters” oil on board (7″ x 12″), sold at Ross’s – 13/2/2019 for £70.00.
“Andy Pat’s Wandering Sheep, HMS Stormont Social Distancing” oil on board (16″ x 20″), sold at Ross’s 7/10/2020 for £340.00.
Patterson, Nina
Patterson, R M (1866 – 1951)
“A Cottage Kitchen, County Mayo” dated 1930, gouache (15″ x 21″), sold at Sworders Auction (Essex) – 27/6/2017 for £160.00.
Patton, Eric RHA (1925 – 2004)
County Louth born Eric Patton was a landscape and architectural artist, specialising in topographical drawings. He first exhibited at the RHA at the age of seventeen before moving to Paris in 1951 to study at the Salon d’Hiver. He then spent several years in London, painting and practising Graphics, Book Design and Illustration.
He was elected a full member of the RHA in 1980 and exhibited regularly at their annual exhibitions. Eric Patton’s paintings can be found in many important collections including the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork.
“Strand Road, Dingle” watercolour (11.5″ x 16.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 14/8/2018 for €220.00.
“County Louth Farm” oil on board (14″ x 17″), sold at Ross’s – 4/12/2019 for £240.00.
A pair of stamps designed for the Irish Post Office – An Post – in 1991 in connection with the staging of the Walker Cup at Portmarnock, County Dublin.
“Inishvickallane” 1980, oil on canvas (19″ x 24″) sold at Adams – 2/6/2021 for €1,400.
Patton, John
Patton, Marcus RUA OBE (1948)
Marcus Patton was born in Enniskillen and studied architecture at Queen’s University. His work ranges from pen-and-ink drawings to watercolours and silkscreen prints. He has drawn buildings in every county of Ireland and many parts of England, Scotland and Wales, and abroad as far as Australia. Much of his other work concerns music and includes some four hundred silk screened posters for concerts and operas. He has illustrated books on topography, music, architecture and fiction, and contributed illustrations to a wide variety of magazines.
“May Time, Belmont School“.
Pattwell, Deirdre
Paul, Darren (1944)
Born in Belfast.
“Crookhaven, West Cork” dated 2003, acrylic on board (“13 x 19”) sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/8/2016 for €400.00.
“Port Salon, Co.Donegal” oil on board (12″ x 20″), sold at Gormley’s – 13/9/2016 for £120.00.
“Ryan’s of Dundrum” oil on board (12″ x 16″), sold at Ross’s – 7/8/2019 for £40.00.
Pearson, Peter (1954)
“Start of the Galway Hookers Race, Kilronan Pier” dated 1991 and painted en plein air, oil on canvas (23″ x 29″) – sold at Whyte’s on 12/3/2012 for €660.00.
“Drimnagh Castle” oil painting – from a Christmas card published by the artist.
“Looking South to the Wicklow Mountains from Sutton” dated 1988, oil on board (16″ x 20¾”), sold at Adam’s – 29/3/2017 for €950.00.
“Winter Evening, Dame Street” oil on board (20″ x 15.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 22/1/2018 for €800.00.
“September Sun, Dun Laoghaire Harbour” oil on board (14″ x 33″), sold at Adam’s – 12/6/2019 for €2,000.
Of Sea & Stone: Paintings 1974 – 2014 by Peter Pearson – Peter Murray & James Howley (Essays). Published by Gandon Editions, Kinsale (2014), Hardback, 144 pages.
This foreword to the book sums up my cousin’s work better than I can and so I am reproducing it here in full:
Although characterised by a lightness of touch and sense of innocent pleasure in everyday city scenes, Pearson’s art reveals also a palpable suspicion of the institutions of Irish society.
His larger works, complex and allegorical, hint at a complicated relationship with society. However, in his small, quickly executed sketches of streets and docks, he can be a fine impressionist painter. Although largely self-taught, there is a sophistication in his use of colour and the deft application of paint in quick dabs and dashes, accurately capturing the scudding clouds and the quickly changing light on the river Liffey.
As a result of studying art history rather than going to art college, Pearson’s magpie aesthetic extends seamlessly from collecting architectural fragments to liberally incorporating motifs and styles he admires in the work of other artists…’ ‘Some of Pearson’s paintings are quasi-abstract, some Impressionist, some Surreal. All are individual and are united by the artist’s refined tonal sense and delicate use of colour, and an aesthetic unique in contemporary Irish Art.’ Peter Murray, Director of Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Pennefather, George R S (1905 – 1967)
The landscape painter George Pennefather was born in 1905 at Kilworth, Co Cork.
“The Dublin Bookshop, 32 Bachelors Walk” dated 1942, pen and ink with watercolour (11″ x 14.5″), sold at Whyte’s – 4/3/2013 for €850.00.
Pennefather, Helen S (fl.1939/46)
“Farmyard Scene” 1942, watercolour (11″ x 12.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 12/8/2019 for €90.00.
Penrose, James Doyle RHA (1862 – 1932)
Born in County Wicklow, Penrose was from a family of prosperous Quakers and formally trained in London at the RA schools, St John’s Wood and South Kensington Schools. He was a skilful painter of portraits, historical and religious subjects and exhibited regularly at the RA from the 1890s until 1927.
Peoples, John
“Bushmills Distillery” oil on canvas (18″ x 24″), sold at Ross’s – 4/12/2019 for £80.00.
“Collecting Spuds” oil on canvas (12″ x 16″), sold at Ross’s – 17/6/2020 for £50.00.
Perkins, Jessica
Jessica Perkins is a Dublin born artist now living and working in Co.Kildare. She specialises in landscapes and still life, working mainly in acrylics and pastels. She is available for commission work.
More here: Jessica-Perkins-Artwork
Peters, David
A Belfast artist.
“River Bann” watercolour sold at Ross’s 25/1/2012 – £60.00.
Left to right: “Tied up for the Evening” oil on card (11″ x 15″); and “Gone Sailing” watercolour drawing (11″ x 15″).
Petrie, George (1790 – 1866)
George Petrie was an Irish painter, musician and archaeologist of the Victorian era. Born in Dublin, and grew up there, living at 21 Great Charles Street just off Mountjoy Square. He was the son of the portrait and miniature painter James Petrie, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who had settled in Dublin. He was interested in art from an early age. He was sent to the Dublin Society’s Schools, being educated as an artist, where he won the silver medal in 1805, aged fourteen….more to follow
Petrie, Mary Ann
Daughter of George Petrie – above. Landscape painter who exhibited at the RHA.
Petters, Yanny
Botanical artist.
Pettigrew, Stanley (1927 – 2022)
“Ben Bulben and island on Lough Gill” oil on board (20″ x 30″).
Left to right: “The Barley Field” oil on board (20″ x 16″), unsold at de Vere’s (Ballybrack House Sale) – 3/12/2017; and “Seascape” oil on board (15.5″ x 21.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 14/8/2018 for €220.00.
“The Morrough River ” oil on card (12″ x 21.5″), sold at Adams, Blackrock – 4/10/2022 for €300.00.
“Reed Beds, On the Murrough Lakes at Wicklow” oil on canvas (12″ x 18″), sold at Adams – 7/12/2022 for €550.00.
Pettitt, Ian
Dublin artist.
Phelan, Ann (1958)
Kilkenny City and County – Cottage Publications (2007)
Phelan, Eoghain
More here: Eoghain-Phelan-Art
Phelan, Pat (1927 – 2011)
“Gentlemen and Horses on a Bend in the Road” oil on canvas (18″ x 24″), unsold at Whyte’s – 24/10/2016.
“The Royal Canal” and “Dublin Castle” a pair of watercolours, each (14″ x 22″), sold at Fonsie Mealy’s – 19/2/2020 for €220.00.
Phillips, John James (c.1842 – 1936)
Cork born architect, draughtsman and watercolourist.
“Belfast Castle” watercolour (14″ x 20″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/9/2017 for €260.00.
Philpott, Luke (- 2012)
Cork artist.
Left to right: “Shandon” dated 1973, oil on canvas (24″ x 16″), sold at Adams – 8/2/2016 for €320.00; and “Trinity Presbyterian Church, Summerhill North” dated 1975, oil on canvas (29.5″ x 19.5″), sold at Woodward’s – 1/12/2018 for €50.00.
Pierce, Declan
Waterford based.
Waterford, Manor Street Railway Station – pencil drawing.
Pieters, Dee
Pigot, Tom
Pilkington, Joe (1940 – 1999)
Best known for his stage performances and his TV role as Eamon Maher, the traveller, in RTE’s rural drama series “The Riordans”. Joe Pilkington was originally from Barna, Co.Galway and on retirement moved back to Oughterard and devoted much of his time to painting which he sold privately.
“Landscape in the West” (1974) oil on canvas (15″ x 30″) sold at Dolan’s Clifden Sale – 5/8/2013 for €100.00.
“Figures on a beach” (1976) oil on board sold at Dolan’s Clifden Sale – 5/8/2013 for €225.00.
“A Western Cottage” dated 1991, oil on canvas (24″ x 30″), sold at Dolan’s – 26/11/2017 for €60.00.
“Galway Bay” oil on canvas, sold at Victor Mitchell’s – 4/9/2019 with another unrelated Lot for €90.00.
Pilson, Cupar
Born in Belfast, Cupar Pilson worked for many years as a graphic artist in printing and newspaper advertising. His first love has always been to paint landscape in acrylics, watercolour and mixed media. In recent years however figures have tended to dominate, so much so that the landscape has become secondary to foreground subject matter. Humour and a certain naivety of style is a hallmark of his work. His compositions mainly depict scenes from around North Down where he lives. He also loves to paint life in ‘pre-troubles’ Belfast – circa 1960s.
“On Earlies” (8″ x 11″). Available from Art and Home.
Left to right: “Easter Monday in Bangor” acrylic on board (16″ x 20″), sold at Ross’s – 28/6/2017 for £380.00; and “Remember the Floral Hall, Bellevue” acrylic on board (7″ x 7″), sold at Ross’s – 15/5/2019 for £100.00.
“The Strand Cinema, Belfast” limited edition colour print (11″ x 14″), unsold at Ross’s – 11/8/2020.
Piper, Raymond RUA (1923 – 2007)
A renowned portrait painter but best remembered for his botanical paintings and book illustrations. Born in London, he moved to Northern Ireland with his family when he was six.
Left: British Railways poster “Norfolk Broads” (1962). Right: “Bunratty Castle” pencil on paper.
“Victoria Memorial Hall, May Street, Belfast” pencil on paper (11″ x 15″), sold at Ross’s 7/8/2019 for £50.
“From South Main Street, Youghal, Co. Cork” graphite drawing (14½” x 10½”).
Munster and the City of Cork by Richard Hayward, illustrated by Raymond Piper. Published by J.M.Dent & Sons, London (1964) – scarce but can still be found online.
Place, George (fl.1775 – 1809)
A noted miniature artist.
The son of a wholesale linen-draper of Essex Bridge, Dublin. He entered the Dublin Society’s Schools in December, 1775, and studied under F.R.West. After practising for a time in Dublin he went to London. He exhibited in the RA. He died in India c.1809. Ref: A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913).
Portrait miniature of a Lady, wearing a white dress with high frilled lace collar and a white cap, watercolour on an ivory gold frame, 2.9″ high, sold at Chiswick Auctions, London – 12/6/2018 for £440.00.
Ponsonby, Sarah (1943)
“Cesarewitch” 1969, oil on canvas (26″ x 35.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 24/9/2018 for €1,200.
Pooley, Thomas (1646 – 1723)
One of the earliest known portrait painters in Ireland.
Half length portrait of Jonathan Swift as a student in Dublin College, oil on canvas (28″ x 23″), sold at Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh – 18/5/2022 for £81,250. Attributed to the artist with extensive provenance.
Porter, Eva
Eva Porter exhibited regularly with the Belfast Art Society (later the RUA) from an address on the King’s Road, Knock, in Belfast.
She was active from 1923 – 53 and worked mainly in watercolour, specialising in landscapes and garden scenes.
“Headlands” watercolour drawing in my collection – purchased eBay 1/2015 for £27.00.
“Headlands” postcard by Scholastic Productions – almost but not identical!
Untitled watercolour recently purchased in Sherborne (Dorset, England) for just £8.00! Probably an Irish scene but who knows. Many thanks to Chris Hobbs for supplying the image.
More pictures and bio here: On the trail of the elusive Eva Porter.
Poskitt, Frances
Botanical artist and stamp designer.
“Wild Daffodil” watercolour (14.5″ x 9.5″), sold at Dolan’s ‘Clifden Auction’ – August 2014 for €100.00.
Potter, George RHA (1941 – 2017)
Left to right: “The Red Tulips” acrylic on paper (30″ x 22″), sold at Adams – 28/9/2011 for €750.00; and “Sandycove Station, County Dublin” oil on foamcore (27″ x 23″), sold at Whyte’s – 2/10/2017 for €2,000.
“Dublin Bay, ferry departing, sailboats” oil on linen (12″ x 14″), sold at Whyte’s – 17/2/2020 for €2,600.
Potter, Julie
Potterton, Annabel
Dunboyne artist.
Pound, Adele
See Wildlife page for examples of the artist’s work.
Poutch, Jean
Powell, Ed
“Glen Bay, Donegal” watercolour (8″ x 11″).
Powell, Moila (1895 – 1994)
“Mountains from Norah McGuinness’s Cottage” oil on board (19″ x 23.5″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 25/11/2019 for €280.00.
“Norah McGuinness painting” gouache and coloured chalks (14.5″ x 21″), sold at Whyte’s – 29/11/2021 for €1,700.
Power, Arthur HRHA (1891 – 1984)
“Three Boats” watercolour/charcoal on paper, sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/8/2016 for €460.00.
Power, Eveleen
Power, Fiona
Power, Gay (fl.1980s)
Dublin artist?
“Cormorants, River Shannon at Portumna” oil on canvas (11″ x 26″), sold at Mullen’s, Laurel Park – 21/10/2019 for €30.00.
Power, Kevin
Waterford artist.
Power O’Malley, Michael Augustin (1878 – 1946)
Born Michael Augustin Power in Dungarvan, County Waterford.
“Quay at Roundstone” oil on canvas (25″ x 29.5″), sold at Adam’s – 4/12/2012 for €7,500.
“The Seagulls” oil on canvas (35″ x 30″), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 13/9/2021 for €1,200.
Praeger, Sophia Rosamund MBE HRHA HRUA (1867 – 1954)
“The Lock, Poyntzpass” watercolour drawing (7″ x 10″), sold at Ross’s – 20/4/2022 for £120.00.
Prendergast, Bernie (1961)
Bernie Prendergast was born in Claremorris, Co Mayo and studied Fine Art at Galway Technical College and afterwards at Limerick College of Art.
The artist’s speciality is in Charcoal Portraits and occasionally in pencil, pen and wash.
Prendergast, Elizabeth
A Dublin based botanical watercolour artist.
Price, John
“Ballyholme, Co.Down” oil on canvas (24″ x 36″), sold at Ross’s – 18/8/2021 for £400.00.
Pritchard, Madge
“Sheep in the Glens” oil on canvas (16″ x 20″), sold at Ross’s – 6/12/2023 for £20.
Prittie, Edward ARHA (1851 – 1882)
“The Gamekeeper” oil on canvas (22″ x 20″) sold at Christies, London 19/5/2000 for £2,350.00.
Proud, Liam (1920 – 1995)
“Farmstead and Trees, Co.Dublin” oil on canvas (18″ x 20″), sold at Adam’s – 13/12/2016 for €320.00.
“The Harbour at Lambay Island (County Dublin)” oil on canvas board (14″ x 18″), sold at Whyte’s – 13/6/2001 for €533.00 including buyer’s premium.
Proud, Paul (1949)
“Croagh Patrick from Westport“2010, oil on board (9″ x 11”), sold at Morgan O’Driscoll’s – 2/10/2018 for €600.00.
“Dalkey Island” dated 1991, oil on canvas (20″ x 35″).
Prosser, James Stanley RUA (1887 – 1959)
Born in England but moved to Northern Ireland c.1897.
Left to right: “Bridge Reflections” (10″ x 13″) watercolour drawing which sold at Ross’s – 26/3/2014 for £40.00; “Coastal View” 1933, watercolour – Sulis Fine Art and “Sailing off the Whiterocks” watercolour drawing (20″ x 25″), unsold at Ross’s – 3/5/2017.
Prout, Paddy
Self-taught artist from County Tipperary.
Prynne, Harold Fellowes (1892?)
Possibly born in England…
The artist was at one time Diocesan Architect for Tuam Diocese, and lived at Knockglass House, Crossmolina, from 1951 until 1963.
Left to right: “Road to Dereens, Co.Mayo” pastel dated 1949, and an untitled coastal scene – both on eBay from an Australian seller during June 2016.
Purser, Sarah Henrietta RHA (1848 – 1943)
“An Important Letter” dated 1882, oil on canvas (14″ x 12″), sold at Whyte’s – 28/5/2018 for €10,000.
Military Portrait pencil on paper (11″ x 10″), unsold at Ross’s – 7/8/2019.
The Life and Work of Sarah Purser by John O’Grady
Hardback published by the Four Courts Press, Dublin (1996).
Putt, Thomas
Donegal artist.
Left to right: “Van Morrison” oil on board (8″ x 6″), unsold at Ross’s – 5/9/2018; and “Luke Kelly” oil on board (9″ x 9″), sold at Ross’s – 5/12/2018 for £260.00..
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