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Important Irish Art
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wednesday 1st October 2014 at 6pm
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Frank McKelvey RHA RUA (1895-1974)
Ards Bay, Co. Donegal
Oil on canvas, 51 x 66cm (20 x 26”)
Signed
Provenance: Mr. J.P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin; who purchased it in these salerooms circa 1978.
Exhibited: Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Bank of Ireland, 1982, Cat. No. 52
McKelvey’s landscapes from the 1950s onwards, become increasingly atmospheric and possess a certain “velvety” quality.
Here, the tonal landscape is invigorated by the alternation of diffused golden light with areas of rich, dark shade. The
darkened foreground of this composition has the effect of making the viewer feel that he or she is surrounded by the
landscape - that the cloud which causes the shadow is directly over the viewer’s head.This painting illustrates McKelvey’s
mastery at depicting cloudy, wind-swept skies.
€5,000 - 7,000
The Deepwell Collection
