Joseph M. Kavanagh Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Joseph M. Kavanagh Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 09, 2024
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH, RHA, IRISH 1856-1918, THE HIGHWAY, Oil on cardboard, 12 1/2 x 16 in. (31.8 x 40.6 cm.), Frame: 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm.)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH, RHA IRISH, 1856-1918 THE HIGHWAY Oil on cardboard Lower left signed and dated: J.M. Kavanagh 1907; verso titled signed and dated: The highway / J.M. Kavanaugh RHA / 1908
Potomack Company
May. 29, 2024
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) The Baily Lighthouse Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 56cm (14¾ x 22) Signed, inscribed and dated 1881 on stretcher label verso
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) The Baily Lighthouse Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 56cm (14¾ x 22) Signed, inscribed and dated 1881 on stretcher label verso
Adam's
Mar. 05, 2024
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (1865 - 1918)
Est: €400 - €600
Shepherd and sheep in a landscape. Signed oil on canvas. Enclosed in an ornate gilt frame. 47 x 60 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Approximate Time 16:28:08
Sheppards
Jan. 25, 2024
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, (Irish, 1856-1918), "Portrait of a Cardinal Before a View of St. Peter's", oil on canvas, 60" x 40", framed...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
† Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Irish, 1856-1918) "Portrait of a Cardinal Before a View of St. Peter's" oil on canvas signed lower right. Framed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Dec. 04, 2023
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) LOOKING FOR THE BEST SPOT, 1905
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) LOOKING FOR THE BEST SPOT, 1905 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right h:16 w:24 in. Provenance: Adam's, 28 May 2014, lot 34; Private collection; Christie's, Dublin, 29 June 1994, lot 177; Private collection
Whyte's
Dec. 04, 2023
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE, 1903
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE, 1903 oil on panel signed and dated lower right; with partial Pyms Gallery label on reverse h:6.75 w:10 in. Provenance: Pyms Gallery, London; Private collection
Whyte's
Dec. 07, 2022
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) Old Dublin, Marrowbone Lane Oil on canvas, 70 x 92.6cm (27½ x 36½) Signed Provenance: Mrs. M. Hanlon, Dublin; and later in the collection of John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited:
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) Old Dublin, Marrowbone Lane Oil on canvas, 70 x 92.6cm (27½ x 36½) Signed Provenance: Mrs. M. Hanlon, Dublin; and later in the collection of John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin, 1918, Cat. No. 20 Literature: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, Ethna Waldron, The Capuchin Annual, page 324, full page illustration page 322 Although older than Osborne, Kavanagh's career seemed to run side by side with that of Walter Osborne even before they set off together with Nathaniel Hill to study at Antwerp under Verlat in 1881. He is thought to have come to Brittany with Osborne in late 1882/early 1883 and painted in Quimperle, Dinan and Pont-Aven very similar subjects to those of Hill and Osborne. Writing in 1949 Thomas Mc Greevy, former Director of the National Gallery refers to Kavanagh in an article entitled ''Fifty years of Irish Painting'' :- '' Kavanagh had a wider range and more solid qualities than Osborne. But neither Henry Allan nor Kavanagh is sufficiently well represented in our public collections for it to be possible to form an adequate estimate of their achievement''. This is probably as true today as when it was written in 1949 . Ethna Waldron wrote of this work in 1968 :- In 1918, the year of his death , Kavanagh exhibited ''Old Marrowbone Lane'' at the Academy , a painting with his characteristic pinkish tinge in the stonework . This work is in a private collection in Dublin and the owner had for many years regarded it, quite understandably, as a scene in Belgium. Until its demolition Marrowbone Lane had, in fact , such pitched roofed houses .'' Marrowbone Lane was a tenement area just off Cork Street in the Liberties and was the scene of fierce fighting just two years before this picture was painted as the Jameson Distillery there,now also demolished, was occupied under the command of Eamonn Ceannt and Cathal Brugha during the Easter Rising in 1916.
Adam's
Dec. 06, 2022
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (1865 - 1918)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Shepherd and sheep in a landscape. Signed oil on canvas. Enclosed in an ornate gilt frame.
Sheppards
Nov. 28, 2022
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) LOOKING OUT TO SEA
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) LOOKING OUT TO SEA oil on canvas signed lower left h:30 w:20 in.
Whyte's
Nov. 13, 2022
Joseph Kavanagh (Irish,French,1856-1918) oil painting antique
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
ARTIST: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Ireland, France, 1856 - 1918) NAME: Cityscape - Venice MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119632 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Dublin, his early artistic efforts were rewarded at the age of 12 when one of his pictures was accepted for the annual show of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and when (in the same year) he gained the silver medal in the Royal Dublin Society Christmas Competition.From 1877-8 he enrolled in the Metropolitan School of Art as a free student, studying alonside contemporaries like Nathaniel Hill, Walter Osborne and Roderic O'Conor. In 1881, his composition featuring Medieval monks won the Albert Scholarship, after which he, Hill and Osborne travelled to the Academie Royale in Antwerp for the "Nature" course under Verlat. The following year they returned to take Verlat's "Life" class. Afterwards, the three spent time in Brittany and Normandy.Although he stayed in France until 1887, Kavanagh continued to contribute works to the RHA, and on occasion to the Royal Academy in London. Most of his Continental paintings consisted of rural and city scenes from Antwerp, Bruges, Mont St Michel, Quimperle, Dinan and Pont-Aven. One of his masterpieces of naturalism from this period is The Old Convent Gate, Dinan (1883), now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Unlike most other Irish landscape painters of "The Antwerp School", he also developed an interest in etching, using this medium to produce numerous etchings of landscapes and architectural views. However, in comparison with Nathaniel Hill and Walter Osborne, Kavanagh was far less influenced by Impressionism, and showed little enthusiasm for plein-air painting. Instead, he was more affected by the style of the Dutch painter Anton Mauve (1838-88), one of the leading artists of the Neo-Romanticist Hague School, and by rural Realists like Jean-Francois Millet (1814-75).In 1887, he returned to Dublin, settling in Clontarf where he concentrated on unpretentious local subjects - beaches, dunes, watercourses and coastal views - including numerous landscapes and seascapes of Howth, Dublin Bay and the sands of Sutton, Portmarnock, Merrion and the North Bull - another of his noted works being Cockle-Pickers on the North Bull Sands (1893). He was also drawn to marshes and riverbank scenes, especially those around Portmarnock Marsh and Killester Ponds. Meantime, in 1889, he was elected an Associate Member and in 1891 a full Academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy, where he continued to exhibit on a regular basis and also joined the teaching staff.In 1910, after he had moved to Blackrock, he was appointed Keeper of the RHA and took up residence in their premises in Lower Abbey Street. In 1916, he was present in the RHA building when it was set ablaze by exploding shells. The resulting inferno destroyed most of the RHA paintings, as well as Kavanagh's own studio. Although he was fortunate enough to escape with minor physical injuries, all his unsold paintings had been destroyed in the fire - a blow from which he never recovered. He moved into Moran's Hotel, and died two years later.Rare surviving examples of Joseph Malachy Kavanagh's paintings and drawings are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, the Limerick City Gallery of Art, the Ulster Museum.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Sep. 28, 2022
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (1865 - 1918)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Shepherd and sheep in a landscape. Signed oil on canvas. Enclosed in an ornate gilt frame.
Sheppards
Aug. 21, 2022
Joseph Kavanagh (Irish,French,1856-1918) oil painting antique
Est: $1,450 - $1,900
ARTIST: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Ireland, France, 1856 - 1918) NAME: Cityscape - Venice MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119632 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Dublin, his early artistic efforts were rewarded at the age of 12 when one of his pictures was accepted for the annual show of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and when (in the same year) he gained the silver medal in the Royal Dublin Society Christmas Competition.From 1877-8 he enrolled in the Metropolitan School of Art as a free student, studying alonside contemporaries like Nathaniel Hill, Walter Osborne and Roderic O'Conor. In 1881, his composition featuring Medieval monks won the Albert Scholarship, after which he, Hill and Osborne travelled to the Academie Royale in Antwerp for the "Nature" course under Verlat. The following year they returned to take Verlat's "Life" class. Afterwards, the three spent time in Brittany and Normandy.Although he stayed in France until 1887, Kavanagh continued to contribute works to the RHA, and on occasion to the Royal Academy in London. Most of his Continental paintings consisted of rural and city scenes from Antwerp, Bruges, Mont St Michel, Quimperle, Dinan and Pont-Aven. One of his masterpieces of naturalism from this period is The Old Convent Gate, Dinan (1883), now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Unlike most other Irish landscape painters of "The Antwerp School", he also developed an interest in etching, using this medium to produce numerous etchings of landscapes and architectural views. However, in comparison with Nathaniel Hill and Walter Osborne, Kavanagh was far less influenced by Impressionism, and showed little enthusiasm for plein-air painting. Instead, he was more affected by the style of the Dutch painter Anton Mauve (1838-88), one of the leading artists of the Neo-Romanticist Hague School, and by rural Realists like Jean-Francois Millet (1814-75).In 1887, he returned to Dublin, settling in Clontarf where he concentrated on unpretentious local subjects - beaches, dunes, watercourses and coastal views - including numerous landscapes and seascapes of Howth, Dublin Bay and the sands of Sutton, Portmarnock, Merrion and the North Bull - another of his noted works being Cockle-Pickers on the North Bull Sands (1893). He was also drawn to marshes and riverbank scenes, especially those around Portmarnock Marsh and Killester Ponds. Meantime, in 1889, he was elected an Associate Member and in 1891 a full Academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy, where he continued to exhibit on a regular basis and also joined the teaching staff.In 1910, after he had moved to Blackrock, he was appointed Keeper of the RHA and took up residence in their premises in Lower Abbey Street. In 1916, he was present in the RHA building when it was set ablaze by exploding shells. The resulting inferno destroyed most of the RHA paintings, as well as Kavanagh's own studio. Although he was fortunate enough to escape with minor physical injuries, all his unsold paintings had been destroyed in the fire - a blow from which he never recovered. He moved into Moran's Hotel, and died two years later.Rare surviving examples of Joseph Malachy Kavanagh's paintings and drawings are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, the Limerick City Gallery of Art, the Ulster Museum.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 08, 2022
Joseph Kavanagh (Irish,French,1856-1918) oil painting antique
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
ARTIST: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Ireland, France, 1856 - 1918) NAME: Cityscape - Venice MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119632 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Dublin, his early artistic efforts were rewarded at the age of 12 when one of his pictures was accepted for the annual show of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and when (in the same year) he gained the silver medal in the Royal Dublin Society Christmas Competition.From 1877-8 he enrolled in the Metropolitan School of Art as a free student, studying alonside contemporaries like Nathaniel Hill, Walter Osborne and Roderic O'Conor. In 1881, his composition featuring Medieval monks won the Albert Scholarship, after which he, Hill and Osborne travelled to the Academie Royale in Antwerp for the "Nature" course under Verlat. The following year they returned to take Verlat's "Life" class. Afterwards, the three spent time in Brittany and Normandy.Although he stayed in France until 1887, Kavanagh continued to contribute works to the RHA, and on occasion to the Royal Academy in London. Most of his Continental paintings consisted of rural and city scenes from Antwerp, Bruges, Mont St Michel, Quimperle, Dinan and Pont-Aven. One of his masterpieces of naturalism from this period is The Old Convent Gate, Dinan (1883), now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Unlike most other Irish landscape painters of "The Antwerp School", he also developed an interest in etching, using this medium to produce numerous etchings of landscapes and architectural views. However, in comparison with Nathaniel Hill and Walter Osborne, Kavanagh was far less influenced by Impressionism, and showed little enthusiasm for plein-air painting. Instead, he was more affected by the style of the Dutch painter Anton Mauve (1838-88), one of the leading artists of the Neo-Romanticist Hague School, and by rural Realists like Jean-Francois Millet (1814-75).In 1887, he returned to Dublin, settling in Clontarf where he concentrated on unpretentious local subjects - beaches, dunes, watercourses and coastal views - including numerous landscapes and seascapes of Howth, Dublin Bay and the sands of Sutton, Portmarnock, Merrion and the North Bull - another of his noted works being Cockle-Pickers on the North Bull Sands (1893). He was also drawn to marshes and riverbank scenes, especially those around Portmarnock Marsh and Killester Ponds. Meantime, in 1889, he was elected an Associate Member and in 1891 a full Academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy, where he continued to exhibit on a regular basis and also joined the teaching staff.In 1910, after he had moved to Blackrock, he was appointed Keeper of the RHA and took up residence in their premises in Lower Abbey Street. In 1916, he was present in the RHA building when it was set ablaze by exploding shells. The resulting inferno destroyed most of the RHA paintings, as well as Kavanagh's own studio. Although he was fortunate enough to escape with minor physical injuries, all his unsold paintings had been destroyed in the fire - a blow from which he never recovered. He moved into Moran's Hotel, and died two years later.Rare surviving examples of Joseph Malachy Kavanagh's paintings and drawings are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, the Limerick City Gallery of Art, the Ulster Museum.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 06, 2022
Joseph Kavanagh (Irish,French,1856-1918) oil painting antique
Est: $1,600 - $2,000
ARTIST: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Ireland, France, 1856 - 1918) NAME: Cityscape - Venice MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119632 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Dublin, his early artistic efforts were rewarded at the age of 12 when one of his pictures was accepted for the annual show of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and when (in the same year) he gained the silver medal in the Royal Dublin Society Christmas Competition.From 1877-8 he enrolled in the Metropolitan School of Art as a free student, studying alonside contemporaries like Nathaniel Hill, Walter Osborne and Roderic O'Conor. In 1881, his composition featuring Medieval monks won the Albert Scholarship, after which he, Hill and Osborne travelled to the Academie Royale in Antwerp for the "Nature" course under Verlat. The following year they returned to take Verlat's "Life" class. Afterwards, the three spent time in Brittany and Normandy.Although he stayed in France until 1887, Kavanagh continued to contribute works to the RHA, and on occasion to the Royal Academy in London. Most of his Continental paintings consisted of rural and city scenes from Antwerp, Bruges, Mont St Michel, Quimperle, Dinan and Pont-Aven. One of his masterpieces of naturalism from this period is The Old Convent Gate, Dinan (1883), now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Unlike most other Irish landscape painters of "The Antwerp School", he also developed an interest in etching, using this medium to produce numerous etchings of landscapes and architectural views. However, in comparison with Nathaniel Hill and Walter Osborne, Kavanagh was far less influenced by Impressionism, and showed little enthusiasm for plein-air painting. Instead, he was more affected by the style of the Dutch painter Anton Mauve (1838-88), one of the leading artists of the Neo-Romanticist Hague School, and by rural Realists like Jean-Francois Millet (1814-75).In 1887, he returned to Dublin, settling in Clontarf where he concentrated on unpretentious local subjects - beaches, dunes, watercourses and coastal views - including numerous landscapes and seascapes of Howth, Dublin Bay and the sands of Sutton, Portmarnock, Merrion and the North Bull - another of his noted works being Cockle-Pickers on the North Bull Sands (1893). He was also drawn to marshes and riverbank scenes, especially those around Portmarnock Marsh and Killester Ponds. Meantime, in 1889, he was elected an Associate Member and in 1891 a full Academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy, where he continued to exhibit on a regular basis and also joined the teaching staff.In 1910, after he had moved to Blackrock, he was appointed Keeper of the RHA and took up residence in their premises in Lower Abbey Street. In 1916, he was present in the RHA building when it was set ablaze by exploding shells. The resulting inferno destroyed most of the RHA paintings, as well as Kavanagh's own studio. Although he was fortunate enough to escape with minor physical injuries, all his unsold paintings had been destroyed in the fire - a blow from which he never recovered. He moved into Moran's Hotel, and died two years later.Rare surviving examples of Joseph Malachy Kavanagh's paintings and drawings are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, the Limerick City Gallery of Art, the Ulster Museum.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 18, 2021
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy - Arab Knight
Est: $800 - $1,200
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy (1856-1918) Arab Knight Description (FR): Huile sur toile, signée en bas à gauche J. M. Kavanagh Description (EN): Oil on canvas, signed on lower left J.M. Kavanagh Dimension (PO): 24" x 20" Dimension (CM): 60.96 x 50.80 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
May. 02, 2021
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH, 1856-1918).
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Oil on canvas. Breton Woman. Signed lower right. From a Wappingers Falls, NY collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Feb. 11, 2021
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (France, 1856-1918), A woman by a lake., Oil on canvas rebacked on masonite, 19" x 23.5". Framed 25" x 29.5".
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH France, 1856-1918 A woman by a lake. Signed faintly lower right "Kavanagh Paris". Oil on canvas rebacked on masonite, 19" x 23.5". Framed 25" x 29.5".
Eldred's
Jan. 17, 2020
SIGNED J. M. KAVANAGH, OIL ON CANVAS, H 24" W 19", PORTRAIT OF A CARDINAL
Est: $500 - $800
SIGNED J. M. KAVANAGH, OIL ON CANVAS, H 24" W 19", PORTRAIT OF A CARDINAL Depicting portrait of a Cardinal. Signed at lower right. Writing on the stretcher. Unframed.
DuMouchelles
Oct. 30, 2019
Oil on Canvas, St. George, Joseph Malachy Kavangh
Est: $600 - $900
(Ireland/France, 1856-1918) Appears unsigned, possibly Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, depicting St. George slaying the Dragon. Together with two Religious overpainted giclees, one of Christ in ornamented tunic with skull in background, and one of the Archangel Michael. Size largest 23"h x 15 1/2"w
Nye & Company
Oct. 18, 2019
JOSEPH M. KAVANAGH OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAIT
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JOSEPH M. KAVANAGH (IRISH 1856-1918), OIL ON CANVAS, H 24", W 19", PORTRAIT OF CARDINALDepicts an unknown cardinal of the Catholic Church, Signed lower right, unframed.
DuMouchelles
Oct. 06, 2018
Joseph Kavanagh, Portrait of a Catholic Bishop
Est: $600 - $700
Joseph Kavanagh (Irish, 1856-1918), oil on canvas portrait of John Timothy McNicholas (1877-1950), an Irish born clergyman who was named Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, and later Archbishop of Cincinnati. McNicholas is portrayed seated in a high back chair and wearing his clergy robes. Signed lower right. Housed in a giltwood molded frame with ovolo edge and carved corner moldings. Sight - 29 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed - 35 5/8" H x 26" W. Circa 1910. Biography: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh studied at the Metropolitan School of Art and in Antwerp under Verlat. He was known particularly for his landscapes in and around Dublin. Although a prolific painter, Kavanagh's work is relatively rare. He was Keeper of the RHA and living on the premises on Abbey Street when a fire broke out, destroying his studio and paintings. The only works which survived were those which left his possession prior to the fire. He escaped with his life but was said to have never fully recovered from the tragedy. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 21, 2018
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (Irish, 1856-1918). SADDLEMAKER, signed, lower right. Oil on canvas .
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (Irish, 1856-1918). SADDLEMAKER, signed, lower right. Oil on canvas - Framed, 30 1/4 in. x 25 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Jul. 14, 2018
Joseph Kavanagh, Portrait of a Catholic Bishop
Est: $800 - $1,000
Joseph Kavanagh (Irish, 1856-1918), oil on canvas portrait of John Timothy McNicholas (1877-1950), an Irish born clergyman who was named Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, and later Archbishop of Cincinnati. McNicholas is portrayed seated in a high back chair and wearing his clergy robes. Signed lower right. Housed in a giltwood molded frame with ovolo edge and carved corner moldings. Sight - 29 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed - 35 5/8" H x 26" W. Circa 1910. Biography: Joseph Malachy Kavanagh studied at the Metropolitan School of Art and in Antwerp under Verlat. He was known particularly for his landscapes in and around Dublin. Although a prolific painter, Kavanagh's work is relatively rare. He was Keeper of the RHA and living on the premises on Abbey Street when a fire broke out, destroying his studio and paintings. The only works which survived were those which left his possession prior to the fire. He escaped with his life but was said to have never fully recovered from the tragedy. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 11, 2018
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856-1918) Journey to Give the Sacrament of the Sick, Oil on canvas,
Est: $800 - $1,200
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856-1918) Journey to Give the Sacrament of the Sick, Oil on canvas, Signed lower left. H: 16 W: 20 in.
Gray's Auctioneers
Jun. 23, 2018
Joseph Kavanagh St Joseph & Christ Icon Painting
Est: $300 - $500
Ireland,1856-1918 Iconographic work depicting Saint Joseph holding the Christ child.
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
May. 30, 2018
Joseph M. Kavanagh (1856 - 1918) (Quebec) Portrait of Joseph Louis Desaulniers (1862-1910)
Est: $800 - $1,400
Joseph M. Kavanagh (1856 - 1918) (Quebec) Portrait de Joseph Louis Desaulniers (1862-1910) Oil on canvas. Signed lower right J.M. Kavanagh Huile sur toile. Signe en bas a droite J.M. Kavanagh Joseph Louis Desaulniers worked in Montreal, Quebec as a monk. Joseph Louis Desaulniers a travaillé à Montréal, au Québec, en tant que moine. 60.96 x 50.80 cm 24 x 20 in Condition report: Edges are scratched with 3 small holes (one on the left, one on the right, one in the top) Rapport de condition: montrent de l'usure avec 3 petits trous (un à gauche, un à droite, un en haut)
Champagne Auctions
Jan. 30, 2018
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH, RHA (IRISH, 1856-1918)
Est: €200 - €300
Portrait of a young man Oil on canvas Signed 'JMKavanagh', lower-right Enclosed in a gilt frame
Sheppards
Oct. 18, 2017
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH 1856-1918)
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH 1856-1918) Madonna and Child, oil on canvas 61 x 50.5 cm (24 x 19 5/6 in.) signed lower right
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Sep. 27, 2017
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)The Hum of Summers in the GroveOil on board, 40 x 31.5cm (15¾ x 12½)Signed and dated 1905; also signed and inscribed verso 'Painted in Rathfarnham Park during the month of August 1905'
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)The Hum of Summers in the GroveOil on board, 40 x 31.5cm (15¾ x 12½)Signed and dated 1905; also signed and inscribed verso 'Painted in Rathfarnham Park during the month of August 1905'
Adam's
May. 31, 2017
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)Sheep in Pastures, Kilcock, Co. DublinOil on board, 32.5 x 45cm (11½ x 17¾'')SignedProvenance: From the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition 1904, Catalogue No.43, with an
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)Sheep in Pastures, Kilcock, Co. DublinOil on board, 32.5 x 45cm (11½ x 17¾'')SignedProvenance: From the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition 1904, Catalogue No.43, with an old catalogue entry preserved verso.
Adam's
May. 20, 2017
Painting, Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
Est: $300 - $500
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Irish/French, 1856-1918), Portrait of Jesus, oil on canvas, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 23.5"h x 19.5"w
Clars Auctions
Apr. 22, 2017
Painting, Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
Est: $600 - $900
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Irish/French, 1856-1918), Portrait of Jesus, oil on canvas, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 23.5"h x 19.5"w
Clars Auctions
Jan. 15, 2017
JOSEPH M. KAVANAGH OIL ON CANVAS DUCK TROPHIES
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOSEPH M. KAVANAGH, OIL ON CANVAS, DUCK TROPHIES, H 25", W 19":Framed; American, 1856-1918. Frame is modern.
DuMouchelles
Dec. 07, 2016
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)An Old Flemish Draw-Well, Merxem(1883)Oil on canvas, 68 x 45cm (26¾ x 17½'')SignedExhibited: 'The RHA Annual Exhibition', 1883, Cat. No.92; 'The Irish Impressionists' exhibition, NGI, October/November 1984,
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)An Old Flemish Draw-Well, Merxem(1883)Oil on canvas, 68 x 45cm (26¾ x 17½'')SignedExhibited: 'The RHA Annual Exhibition', 1883, Cat. No.92; 'The Irish Impressionists' exhibition, NGI, October/November 1984, The Ulster Museum, February/March 1985, Cat. No.57.Literature: 'The Irish Impressionists', 1983, illustrated p.200.The 'Old Flemish Draw-Well, Merxem' is a companion picture to the slightly larger canvas 'Under the Shadow of St. Jacques, Antwerp', both being the most substantial pictures that Kavanagh painted in Belgium in the early 1880s. 'Under the Shadow of St. Jacques' (private collection) is an urban subject, showing two women in a courtyard fetching water, with the walls of the cathedral rising behind, while the 'Old Flemish Draw-Well, Merxem' is a rural scene, featuring two children in a sunny clearing in front of a well and tall trees. Both pictures centre upon the theme of a well or pump, with people fetching water. In both pictures, from foreground to top, Kavanagh enjoyed filling the composition with detail. Both pictures were painted in 1882 or 1883 and were exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin in 1883, and helped draw attention to Kavanagh, along with his comrades, Walter Osborne, Nathaniel Hill and others, as a generation of young Realist painters who were studying on the continent.Born in Dublin in 1856, Joseph Malachy Kavanagh won the silver medal at the RDS Christmas Competition in 1875. He studied at the Metropolitan School of Art, 1877-78, then at the RHA Schools he won the Albert Scholarship in 1881. Along with Osborne and Hill, Kavanagh travelled to Antwerp in September 1881 to enrol in the Academie Royale de Beaux Arts, one of the leading art academies in Europe.He returned to Antwerp for a second year, 1882-83. Like Osborne, he spent an increasing amount of time painting in the open air, both street scenes in the old quarter of Antwerp and rural subjects in neighbouring villages. Of all the Irish artists in Antwerp, Kavanagh was strongly influenced by the Dutch and Belgian genre tradition and by contemporary Flemish Realists, such as Henri de Braekeleer (1840-1888), Piet Verhaert (1852-1908) and Charles Mertens (1865-1919).'An Old Flemish Draw-Well, Merxem' features two children, a girl and a boy, in front of an elaborate well structure and tall lush trees on a sunny summer's day. Merxem may have been a hamlet or farm just outside Antwerp.The well provided the focal point for life in villages and rural communities, a place where women and children could gather, fetch water for their daily needs, exchange news and relax for a moment. It provided popular genre subjects for 19th century artists in Brittany, Italy and elsewhere. Osborne, for example, painted scenes of women and children at the well or pump in Belgium, Brittany and Spain.There is a certain sombre quality to some of Kavanagh's work. But 'An Old Flemish Draw-Well' shows the charming aspect of his genre paintings: in the formality of the poses of the children and the warmth of light and colouring; in the cheerful blue of the jacket, the pale umber of the girl's dress and striped red and white stockings, echoed by the touches of terracotta in the brick-work behind, set against the lush greenery of the trees. His affection for children can be seen in his later painting 'Children Playing by a Bridge', featuring a girl with child and a boy playing by a river in north Co. Dublin.'An Old Flemish Draw-Well' was exhibited at the RHA in 1883, along with several other pictures of Belgian and Irish subjects. It was one of many Kavanagh pictures in the exhibition 'The Irish Impressionists, Irish Artists in France and Belgium', held at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin in 1984 and the Ulster Museum, Belfast in 1985.Dr. Julian Campbell
Adam's
Sep. 28, 2016
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)On the Banks of the Laita, FinistiereOil on canvas, 70 x 47cm (27½ x 18½'')Signed with monogram and inscribed with title versoExhibited: Spring Exhibition, The Frederick Gallery, 2001, where purchased by
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)On the Banks of the Laita, FinistiereOil on canvas, 70 x 47cm (27½ x 18½'')Signed with monogram and inscribed with title versoExhibited: Spring Exhibition, The Frederick Gallery, 2001, where purchased by present owner.Joseph Malcahy Kavanagh's work is closely associated with that of his friends and fellow students Walter Osborne and Nathaniel Hill. They studied together in Dublin and in Antwerp after which they moved together to paint in Brittany.Kavanagh was exhibiting work of Pont Aven, Finistere by 1884. This would be a typical view of Breton Faggot collectors.As Keeper of the RHA, Kavanagh lived and worked at the academy and much of his work was lost at Easter 1916 when the building was burnt down as a result of British shelling.
Adam's
Jul. 20, 2016
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH, 1856–1918) THE VIRGIN AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION Oil on canvas: 20 x 30 in.
Est: $500 - $700
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH, 1856–1918) THE VIRGIN AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION Oil on canvas: 20 x 30 in. Framed; lower right signed: J. M. Kavanagh Provenance: Retiring Antique Dealer of Miami, London, Chicago and Los Angeles
Potomack Company
Jun. 28, 2016
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH, RHA (IRISH, 1856-1918)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH, RHA (IRISH, 1856-1918) Portrait of a young man Oil on canvas Signed Kavanagh was a portrait and landscape painter. He studied at The Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. In 1881 he travelled to Antwerp and was there with Walter Osborne (1859-1903). He was greatly influenced by the Dutch painters of the Golden Age. He visited Brittany in 1883 and returned annually until 1886. He was Keeper of The Royal Hibernian Academy from 1910 until his death. His works can be seen in The National Gallery of Ireland. He was a prolific artist, exhibiting 224 works in total at the RHA from 1875 until 1918.However, his works are rare owing to the fact that the contents of his studio were destroyed by fire at the RHA premises during The Easter Rising of 1916. 20 x 16 inches; 51 x 41 cm. Worldwide shipping available. Contact shipping@sheppards.ie for quotes prior to auction.
Sheppards
Jun. 12, 2016
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH 1856-1918), OIL ON CANVAS, MINISTER AND GENTLEMAN SHARING SNUFF, SIGNED. 24 X 20"; FRAMED 30 1/2 X 26 1/4" (IMPERFECTIONS)
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH 1856-1918), OIL ON CANVAS, MINISTER AND GENTLEMAN SHARING SNUFF, SIGNED. 24 X 20"; FRAMED 30 1/2 X 26 1/4" (IMPERFECTIONS)
William J Jenack Auctioneers
May. 01, 2016
Joseph M. Kavanagh, Cherry Blossom Time, Oil, 1894
Est: $10,000 - $20,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (Irish (active France / Belgium), 1856-1918), "Cherry Blossom Time"-1894, oil on canvas, signed and dated at lower left "J. Kavanagh 1894". Horizontally aligned figural pastoral landscape scene depicting a little girl in white gown collecting pink cherry blossoms in her upturned skirt in the foreground, with another figure, apparently a young boy, roaming about the green hillside under lush, blossoming cherry trees in the midground, with a large waterway, likely river, in the distance, with with separable label "J.R. Chaplain Private Collector Sarasota Florida John Malachy Kavanagh Irish 1856-1918 R:H.A. Exhibited at London Royal Academy and Paris Salon Listed; Behzit (Benezit), Leonards, AASI". Framed overall approximately 40" x 46". Unframed approximately 28" x 34". Note: Kavanagh was an important Irish painter and a member (sometimes called "keeper") of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), which is an artist-based arts institution in Ireland (Irish (Dublin), founded 1823).
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Apr. 17, 2016
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy (1856-1918) Joseph Louis Desaulniers (1862-1910)
Est: $500 - $1,000
Huile sur toile, signée en bas à droite J.M Kavanagh Oil on canvas, signed on lower right J.M Kavanagh 24 x 20; 60.96 x 50.80 cm Provenance : Séminaire de Nicolet Condition report : Edges are scratches with 3 small holes (one on the left, one on the right, one in the top) Please contact us for more information.
Lapointe & Champagne
Apr. 06, 2016
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856-1918) - The Salt March, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Oil on canvas Signed lower right 43.5 x 53.5 cm. (17 1/8 x 21 1/8 in) Presented in original frame with title inscribed and possible signature by the artist on reverse Exhibited: Possibly at the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, 1897, no. 18 (as Portmarnock Marsh) Kavanagh studied at the Metropolitan School of Art between 1887 to 1888, and was noted in his own lifetime for his landscapes, seascapes, and the rural scenes that he painted throughout Ireland. His paintings are particulalry rare due to a fire in the Royal Hibernian Academy, caused during the Rebellion of 1916, where he worked as a Keeper of paintings and where his studio was located; both his studio and large proportion of his own paintings were destroyed.
Dreweatts 1759
Mar. 06, 2016
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH, 1856-1918) - Portrait of an Archbiship; Oil on canvas; Signed lower right J.M. Kavanagh; Set in wooden frame; Measures: Visible Art ''H x ''W, Frame ''H x ''W; Condition: Craquelure; Age appropriate wear; All items
Est: $500 - $1,000
JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH (IRISH, 1856-1918) - Portrait of an Archbiship; Oil on canvas; Signed lower right J.M. Kavanagh; Set in wooden frame; Measures: Visible Art ''H x ''W, Frame ''H x ''W; Condition: Craquelure; Age appropriate wear; All items sold as is.
Dargate Auction Galleries
Mar. 06, 2016
J M Kavanagh Oil On Canvas Irish Lad Portrait
Est: $150 - $200
Frame Size is 26" x 30 1/2", Canvas is 16" x 20", signed lower right J M KAVANAGH, Joseph Malachy Kavanagh(1856 - 1918), Irish Youth or possibly Christ as a Child.
Fusco Auctions
Feb. 15, 2016
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Irish, 1856-1918), oil on canvas depicting seated World War 1 French solider smoking a pipe while resting i...
Est: $400 - $600
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (Irish, 1856-1918), oil on canvas depicting seated World War 1 French solider smoking a pipe while resting in front of a camp fire, signed LR, expected wear including craquelure throughout and evidence of frame rubbing along edges, 1" vertical scratch towards left-center edge, in carved and pierced gold-painted frame, frame with some minor areas of loss and surface scratching, ss: 19 1/2" h. x 15 1/2" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Dec. 20, 2015
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy (1856-1918) Irlande/Ireland - Oriental sur son cheval
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Huile sur toile, signée en bas à gauche J.M Kavanagh Oil on canvas, signed on lower left J.M Kavanagh 24 x 20; 60.96 x 50.80 cm
Lapointe & Champagne
Dec. 07, 2015
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) Whispering Leaves and Wandering Sheep
Est: €7,500 - €10,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918) Whispering Leaves and Wandering Sheep oil on canvas signed lower left h:57.50 w:77.50 cm. Provenance: Cynthia O'Connor Gallery, Dublin, 22nd May 1991 Private Collection Exhibited: Exhibited RHA 1905 no.273 Joseph Malachy Kavanagh was born in Dublin in 1856. At the age of 12, one of Kavanagh's pictures was accepted for the annual show of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and in the same year he was awarded the silver medal in the Royal Dublin Society Christmas Competition. In comparison with Nathaniel Hill and Walter Osborne, Kavanagh was far less influenced by Impressionism, and showed little enthusiasm for plein-air painting. Instead, he was more affected by the Barbizon style landscape painting of the Dutch painter Anton Mauve (1838-88), a leading member of the Neo-Romanticist Hague School, and by rural realists like Jean-Francois Millet (1814-75). Kavanagh contributed works to the RHA, and occasionally to the Royal Academy in London. Most of his Continental works consisted of rural and city genre paintings produced in Antwerp, Bruges, Mont St Michel, Quimperle, Dinan and Pont-Aven. In 1891 Kavanagh became a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. Kavanagh's paintings and drawings are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, the Limerick City Gallery of Art and the Ulster Museum.
Morgan O'Driscoll
Apr. 01, 2015
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856 - 1918) Dartry Pond, Autumn 1911 Oil on b
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856 - 1918) Dartry Pond, Autumn 1911 Oil on board, 40.4 x 30.5cm (16 x 12'') Signed, also signed and inscribed on label verso
Adam's
Sep. 10, 2014
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh - BETWEEN AUTUMN & SPRING
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh - BETWEEN AUTUMN & SPRING - Oil on Canvas - 36 x 28 inches - Signed Please Note: Starting Bid £1400
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