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Hilda van StockumHRHA (1908-2006)
Still Life with Onions
Oil on board, 47 x 55.2cm (18.5 x 21.7”)
Signed with initials
Born in The Netherlands and partly brought up in Ireland, Hilda van Stockum attended art
schools in Dublin, Amsterdam and Washington D.C. She showed at the Royal Hibernian
Academy throughout the 1980s and 1990s and was elected to the Honorary Council of
the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1983. Realist in style, her work was highly appreciated in
Ireland, especially her still lifes, one of which was chosen to feature on a stamp in the Irish
Europa series. She was also well-known as a writer and illustrator of children’s books.
€2,000 - 3,000