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65. Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964)
A Fair Day, Clifden
Oil on canvas, 50 x 61cm
Signed with initials
Originally from Co. Meath, Letitia Hamilton studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art
where she was taught byWilliam Orpen, continuing her studies at the Slade School of Art in
London and with Frank Brangwyn. She exhibited at the
RHA from 1909, and was elected a member in 1944. In the 1920s she exhibited a number of
times at the Paris Salon as well as at the Goupil Gallery,Walker Gallery, International Society of
Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, Royal Society of British Artist’s and Scottish Society of Women
Artist in Edinburgh. In 1945 Hamilton had a solo show at Victor Waddington Galleries in Dub-
lin, and another in 1948, the same year that she won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games
art section in London.
She went on to have three solo shows at the Dawson Gallery in the following years. Ham-
ilton’s work can be found in major collections such as the National Gallery of Ireland, Ulster
Museum, Crawford Gallery, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Office of PublicWorks,VHI,Wesley
College and City Gallery of Art in Limerick.
