Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 2nd September 2020

56 52 DANIEL O’NEILL (1920-1974) The Four Provinces of Ireland - Ulster, Mt. Errigal, Donegal; Munster, Carrantuohill, Kerry; Leinster, Glendalough, Wicklow; Connacht, The Twelve Bens, Galway A set of four, Oil on board, 17.5 x 25.5cm (6¾ x 10’’) Each signed; also inscribed with titles verso € 20,000 - 30,000 Belfast painter Daniel O’Neill made the decision to paint full time in 1945 having worked as an electrician in the Belfast shipyards. He first exhibit- ed with Victor Waddington in Dublin in 1946, and later with the Dawson Gallery in the 1960s. He moved to London in the late 1950s, finally return- ing to Belfast in 1969, where he continued to paint his highly recognisable portraits and landscapes. The evocative style and intense colours used by O’Neill make for poignant and expressive pictures, and he has often been described as a romantic painter.