Lot 93: Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876-1960) "COTTAGE IN THE

Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876-1960) "COTTAGE IN THE WEST" Oil on board, 14 1/2" x 17 1/2" (37 x 44.5cm), signed with initials Provenance: The Hamilton Family by descent. The sister of Letitia Hamilton, Eva attended Alexandra College in Dublin. She studied her art at both the Metropolitan School of Art and at the Slade in London and was highly regarded both as an oil painter and a watercolourist. She exhibited at the Guild Hall in London and over a period of 40 years she exhibited 121 works at the Royal Irish Academy. In 1939 she held one of several exhibitions in the Goupil Gallery in London. The studio magazine commented on 'Evening in Connemara' having ".....a true feeling for the poetry of landscape.." and revealed the artist as " particularly sensitive to the effects of light and atmosphere".