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Oil on canvas, 24 x 44.5cm (9½ x 17½”)
Signed and inscribed with title
This is a view of Corrymore House near the village of Dooagh on Achill
Island. The house was built in 1845 for the Blacker family and it was later
the home of Capt. Boycott, a British land Agent, whose ostracism by the
local community as part of a campaign for tenants rights in 1880 gave the
English language the verb ‘to boycott’. It was later the home of the famous
American artist Robert Henri who first rented the house in 1913 and
finally bought it in 1924 . He spent every summer there from then till his
death in July 1929. When not trout fishing he spent his time painting the
portraits of the local village children of Dooagh which now grace the walls
of museums worldwide.
€400 - 600
Oil on canvas, 36 x 61cm (14 x 24”)
Signed, also signed and inscribed on artist’s label verso
€500 - 600