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Important Irish Art
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wednesday 3rd December 2014 at 6pm
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Kitty Wilmer O’Brien RHA PWCSI (1910-1982)
Co. Mayo Landscape
Oil on board, 25.5 x 62cm (9.75 x 24.5”)
Signed with initials
Kitty Wilmer always wanted to go to art school and she got her wish aged sixteen when she entered the RHA Schools where
she won awards including the Taylor Scholarship on the strength of which she moved to London to study at The Slade. She later
went with her sister-in-law, Rose Brigid Ganly to study with André Lhote in Paris. She actively was involved with the Dublin
Painters Society and the Irish Watercolour Society of Ireland where she was President between 1962 - 1981 and did much to
improve the standards there. Fellow member James Nolan sums up Kitty’s contribution “.... lent the dignity of her presence,en-
thusiasm and devotion of most of her lifetime. She took her responsibilities very seriously and was reliable and concerned for the
well being of the Fine Arts, serving on councils and committees and ever ready to advise or help when called upon. She moved
through life with a natural dignity, and lent a touch of colour to a sombre world”
€800 - 1,200