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Irish Women Artists 1870 - 1970
Summer 2014
81. Eva Hamilton (1876-1960)
The Strawberry Pickers
Oil on panel, 23 x 33cm
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Eva Hamilton was the elder sister of Letitia Hamilton, with whom she studied at the
Metropolitan School of Art under Sir William Orpen who much influenced her work. She
initially specialized in portraiture but due to economic necessity she had to give this up
to keep house for herself and her family and was later to venture into capturing the Irish
landscape often on small panels. She joined the Dublin Painters’ Society in 1922 and held
several one person shows there. She took over as president of the society from Harriet
Kirkwood in 1948.
