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Dale Pring MacSweeney (b.1949)
Polyanthus
Oil on canvas, 27.7 x 39cm (10.9 x 15.3”) Signed and dated ‘00
Born in London, daughter of the jazz expert Percy Pring, Dale was given an introduction to the arts
at a very young age. Opting for the visual rather than the musical, Dale remembers feeling profoundly
inspired by the exhibitions to which she was brought as a child. She trained as an artist at both Wim-
bledon School of Art and Waltham Forest, where the teaching staff were predominantly Royal Acad-
emicians. The inspiration for her painting lies in her ceaseless interest in the world around her, both
in its physical and psychological aspects.This is evident in her work, whether it is a simple study of a
few objects, detailing the infinite varieties of colour and texture revealed by the effect of light playing
on surfaces or in her enigmatic interiors that often hint at the lives lived in these spaces, even when
people are not present. Dale has exhibited her work extensively, showing regularly at the annual Royal
Academy Exhibitions in London and with major commercial galleries in Dublin, London, New York
and Los Angeles. Her work is now housed in many important collections including the Dallas Muse-
um of Art, the Chelsea Arts Club and the Reader’s Digest Collection, New York.
€800 - 1,200
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George Pennefather (1905-1967)
Rose Study I
Watercolour, 21 x 26cm (8.2 x 10.2”)
Signed and dated 1954
€600 - 800