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    • LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874-1940) Still Life with Flowers Oil on artist's board, 59 x 44cm Signed bottom right 'L. Williams'
      Sep. 04, 2023

      LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874-1940) Still Life with Flowers Oil on artist's board, 59 x 44cm Signed bottom right 'L. Williams'

      Est: €1,000 - €1,500

      LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874-1940) Still Life with Flowers Oil on artist's board, 59 x 44cm Signed bottom right 'L. Williams'

      Adam's
    • LILY WILLIAMS
      Apr. 30, 2019

      LILY WILLIAMS

      Est: €600 - €800

      Famine harbour, Oil on board

      Sheppards
    • Lily Williams (1874-1940) West of Ireland Landscape
      Jan. 18, 2016

      Lily Williams (1874-1940) West of Ireland Landscape

      Est: €200 - €300

      Lily Williams (1874-1940) West of Ireland Landscape watercolour signed lower right h:24  w:34.50 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

      Morgan O'Driscoll
    • Lily Williams (1874-1940) Peat Stacks and Cottages, West of Ireland
      Jan. 18, 2016

      Lily Williams (1874-1940) Peat Stacks and Cottages, West of Ireland

      Est: €200 - €300

      Lily Williams (1874-1940) Peat Stacks and Cottages, West of Ireland watercolour signed lower right h:24.50  w:35 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

      Morgan O'Driscoll
    • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Hibernia Pastel,
      Sep. 25, 2013

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Hibernia Pastel,

      Est: €2,000 - €4,000

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Hibernia Pastel, 65.5 X 42 (25.75 X 16.5'') Signed This is an important early pastel by the artist Lily Williams whose work rarely appears on the open market. Williams grew up in a progressive Presbyterian household which nurtured her artistic talents from an early stage. Having trained under May Manning and then, at The Royal Hibernian Schools, under Walter Osborne her loose impressionist style was allowed to develop alongside that of her immediate contemporaries, Beatrice and Dorothy Elvery, Grace Gifford and Estella Solomons the latter two of whom would have heightened her awareness of the Gaelic revival and it's accompanying Nationalism. Her family home at 104, Marlborough Road hosted ''literary afternoons'' which were attended by the likes of lifelong friend Arthur Griffith. In Protestant Nationalist circles Griffith was popular for his provocative non-violent policies. Williams is best known for her subtle pastel portraits of leading Nationalists of the day, including Griffith, Padraig Colum and The O'Rahilly. At Griffith's request she also designed 'stamps' for Sinn Féin in 1907. They were to be placed alongside official stamps and had the dual purpose of raising both funds and the profile of Sinn Féin. One of the two 'stamp' images designed by Williams was of the romantic Cathleen Ni Houlihan, a personification of Ireland also used by Sir John Lavery and ultimately found on the old one pound note. It is this Nationalist ethos which permeates 'Hibernia'. The beautiful figure, seated and alert, writes with a quill on to parchment draped in the tricolour. She personifies the national awakening and is as anonymous as she is all embracing, an icon for her times. Comparisons can be made between ''Hibernia'' and a work by fellow art student Beatrice Glenavy entitled 'Eire' executed by Glenavy in 1907. For further information on Lily Williams please refer to the feature on her ''Comrades and Friends'' by Hilary Pyle Irish Art Review Summer 2013.

      Adam's
    • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
      Mar. 04, 2013

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL

      Est: €800 - €1,200

      with original inscribed ROSC exhibition label preserved verso

      Whyte's
    • Lilly Williams (1874 - 1940) "Still Life" Oil on
      Dec. 08, 2010

      Lilly Williams (1874 - 1940) "Still Life" Oil on

      Est: €1,500 - €2,000

      Lilly Williams (1874 - 1940) "Still Life" Oil on canvas, 18" x 24" ( 46 x 61 cm), signed & dated 1919.

      deVeres
    • Lily Williams, Portrait of a lady, Oil on canvas
      Sep. 29, 2010

      Lily Williams, Portrait of a lady, Oil on canvas

      Est: €1,200 - €1,800

      Lily Williams, Portrait of a lady, Oil on canvas Size 68 x 52 cms.

      Sheppards
    • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Cottage at
      Mar. 31, 2010

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Cottage at

      Est: €1,000 - €1,500

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Cottage at Ticknock, Dundrum Oil on canvas laid on board, 15 x 22.75cm (6 x 9") Signed with monogram Dublin born Lily William was first taught by May Manning and later went on to the Metropolitan School of Art, where her contemporaries included Estella Solomons, Beatric Glenavy and Cissie Beckett. Well known for her Republican sympathies she fell out with her family at the time of the Rising. Her portrait of Arthur Griffith is in the Hugh Lane Gallery collection.

      Adam's
    • Lily Williams, R.H.A. (1874 - 1940) "Famine
      Dec. 03, 2008

      Lily Williams, R.H.A. (1874 - 1940) "Famine

      Est: €700 - €1,100

      Lily Williams, R.H.A. (1874 - 1940) "Famine Harbour," O.O.B., signed verso, (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION.

      Mealy's
    • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY,
      May. 26, 2007

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY,

      Est: €800 - €1,000

      Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904-08 inscribed with artist's name and address on reverse oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent to the present owner

      Whyte's
    • Lily Williams, ARHA (1874 - 1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904 - 08 oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent
      Sep. 19, 2006

      Lily Williams, ARHA (1874 - 1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904 - 08 oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent

      Est: €2,000 - €3,000

      Lily Williams, ARHA (1874 - 1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904 - 08 oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent to the present owner Exhibited: Literature: Notes:Lily Williams was a well-known portrait painter and Sinn Fein supporter. Born in Dublin and christened Elizabeth Josephine Williams, she studied at the RHA Painting Schools and privately with May Manning. From 1904-39 she was an annual exhibitor at the RHA; she also showed frequently with the Dublin Sketching Club and at the Oireachtas art exhibitions. She was a staunch supporter of Arthur Griffith and designed the first Sinn Fein postage stamp in order to help finance his paper. Her portraits of Dr Kathleen Lynn hang both in Liberty Hall and the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, whilst other works hang in µras an Uachtar in, the Abbey Theatre, the Hugh Lane Gallery, and UCD. (See Snoddy, pp. 713-4).

      Whyte's
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