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b. 1893 - d. 1954

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      • Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) BRINGING HOME THE TURF
        Mar. 11, 2024

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) BRINGING HOME THE TURF

        Est: €20,000 - €30,000

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) BRINGING HOME THE TURF oil on canvas signed with monogram lower left; also inscribed [AA 239] on reverse h:22.50  w:29 in. Provenance: Purchased from an exhibition (date unknown) of Davidson's work by the present owner's parents; Thence by descent Lilian Davidson came from humble beginnings in Bray, Co. Wicklow where she was educated privately before attending the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. She was closely associated with the Watercolour Society of Ireland with whom she exhibited from 1912 until 1953 and with the RHA which exhibited 135 works by the artist over a forty year period from 1914. From an address in Rathmines Dublin, Davidson exhibited widely with the Dublin Painters' exhibitions, the Oireachtas and in 1920 in a joint show with Mainie Jellett. She is also recorded as exhibiting abroad in the 1930s in London, Amsterdam, Chicago and at the Salon de la Société Nationale in Paris (1924 and 1930). A solo show in Dublin was held in 1936 which comprised 36 works in oil and watercolour, among them a portrait of George Russell (Æ). In 1940 she was made an Associate to the RHA. Davidson set up a studio and taught in Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin where she counted among her protégés; Bea Orpen, Kitty Wilmer O'Brien and Lillias Mitchell. She was closely associated with theatre in Dublin and she counted among her friends Hilton Edwards and Mícheál MacLíammóir. She designed sets, wrote plays and painted scenery for the Torch Theatre which she helped found in the 1930s. The present work depicting rural life in Ireland is comparable with the artist's deeply empathetic works from the 1930s such as Cottages, Keel, Achill, 1938 (Private collection) shown at the RHA that year. The composition has a theatrical feel with its dynamic figures in the foreground and steep mountain range in the distance. The palette of mauve and earthy brown tones evoke the West in a deeply personal manner that is romantic and at the same time sympathetic. The influence of Jack B. Yeats can be seen in her choice of subject and although more sombre in palette , her use of mass and space are strongly influenced by him.1 Their relationship is recorded in canvas in her portrait of Yeats from 1938 which she bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1955 [NGI.1289]. Although Davidson would have been exposed to more avant-garde trends during her lifetime her approach remained faithful to Naturalism and the influence of French Impressionism which she was exposed to while in France in the 1920s. In 2003 the National Gallery of Ireland acquired Fashions at the Fair, c.1940s [NGI.4719] underpinning her importance in the context of Irish art. Footnotes: 1. Cahill, Katherine, 'In the Mainstream of Irish Naturalism, The Art of Lilian Lucy Davidson, 1879-1954', Irish Arts Review Yearbook, Vol. 15, 1999, p.36 2. Ibid., p.44

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      • Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954)The Turf StackOil on board, 33 x 38cm (13 x 15'')Signed with monogramArtist's label preserved with title versoProvenance: From the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.
        May. 31, 2017

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954)The Turf StackOil on board, 33 x 38cm (13 x 15'')Signed with monogramArtist's label preserved with title versoProvenance: From the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.

        Est: €2,000 - €4,000

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954)The Turf StackOil on board, 33 x 38cm (13 x 15'')Signed with monogramArtist's label preserved with title versoProvenance: From the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.

        Adam's
      • Lilian Lucy Davidson, ARHA, 1893-1954
        Jul. 09, 2013

        Lilian Lucy Davidson, ARHA, 1893-1954

        Est: €500 - €600

        Lilian Lucy Davidson, ARHA, 1893-1954,Cottage in a landscape,Signed oil on board

        Sheppards
      • Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) No More to
        Mar. 26, 2013

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) No More to

        Est: €7,000 - €10,000

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) No More to Sea Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 42cm (21'' x 16 ½'') Signed with monogram Exhibited: Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1946, Cat. No. 170 Lilian Davidson was born in Bray Co. Wicklow and attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art Dublin from the age of sixteen and won prizes there in 1895, 1896, and in 1897 won the RDS Scholarship which carried a free studentship, it didn't come too soon as that was the year of her father's death. Although in not very buoyant financial circumstances, she travelled extensively and did so for most of her life. She painted landscapes in Belgium and Switzerland, besides various parts of Ireland. She was a regular contributor to the Watercolour Society, The Dublin Painters Society and the Munster Fine Art Club, and was part of an interesting circle being friendly with Jack Yeats whom she painted and with the circle around the Gate Theatre for which she wrote plays under the pseudonym of Ulick Burke, her most famous play Bride was directed in the Gate by Hilton Edwards and designed by Micheál Mac Liammóir. She was certainly aware of the works of Honoré Daumier and Jean Francois Millet and used the same prototype of humanity for the important works depicting the Irish Peasant. Lilian Davidson portrayed the Claddagh, the Irish-speaking district of Galway, at a time when she was involved with the Torch Theatre for whom she was writing a play, and it is thought that the Claddagh is the location of the current work. Ciarán Mac Gonigal

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      • Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) Going to the
        Dec. 04, 2012

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) Going to the

        Est: €10,000 - €15,000

        Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) Going to the Fair Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 36.8cm (17½ x 14½'') Signed with monogram Lillan Davidson was born in Bray Co. Wicklow and attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art Dublin from the age of sixteen and won prizes there in 1895, 1896, and in 1897 won the RDS Scholarship which carried a free studentship, it didn't come too soon as that was the year of her father's death. Although in not very buoyant financial circumstances, she travelled extensively and did so for most of her life. She painted landscapes in Belgium and Switzerland, besides various parts of Ireland. She was a regular contributor to the Watercolour Society, The Dublin Painters Society and the Munster Fine Art Club, and was part of an interesting circle being friendly with Jack Yeats whom she painted and with the circle around the Gate Theatre for which she wrote plays under the pseudonym of Ulick Burke, her most famous play ''Bride'' was directed in the Gate by Hilton Edwards and designed by Micheál Mac Liammóir. She was certainly aware of the works of Honoré Daumier and Jean Francois Millet and used the same prototype of humanity for the important works depicting the Irish Peasant. Lilian Davidson portrayed the Claddagh, the Irish-speaking district of Galway, at a time when she was involved with the Torch Theatre for whom she was writing a play, and it is thought that the Claddagh is the location of the current work.

        Adam's
      • Lillian Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) RETURNING HOME
        May. 22, 2012

        Lillian Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) RETURNING HOME

        Est: €600 - €900

        Lillian Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) RETURNING HOME Watercolour heightened with white, 9½" x 11" (24 x 28cm), signed.

        deVeres
      • LILLIAN DAVIDSON ARHA (1893 - 1954) < br> Sheep
        Dec. 05, 2011

        LILLIAN DAVIDSON ARHA (1893 - 1954) < br> Sheep

        Est: €4,000 - €5,000

        LILLIAN DAVIDSON ARHA (1893 - 1954) < br> Sheep Grazing < br> Oil on canvas, < br> 60 x 50 cm (23.6 x 19.7") < br> Signed

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