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www.adams.ieImportant Irish Art | 28th September 2016
59 JOSEPH MALACHY KAVANAGH RHA (1856-1918)On the Banks of the Laita, Finistiere
Oil on canvas, 70 x 47cm (27½ x 18½’’)
Signed with monogram and inscribed with title verso
Exhibited: “Spring Exhibition”, The Frederick Gallery, 2001, where
purchased by present owner.
Joseph Malcahy Kavanagh’s work is closely associated with that of his
friends and fellow students Walter Osborne and Nathaniel Hill. They
studied together in Dublin and in Antwerp after which they moved
together to paint in Brittany. Kavanagh was exhibiting work of Pont
Aven, Finistere by 1884. This would be a typical view of Breton faggot
collectors.
As Keeper of the RHA, Kavanagh lived and worked at the academy
and much of his work was lost at Easter 1916 when the building was
burnt down as a result of British shelling.
€ 3,000 - 5,000