Artist: Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) Title: In the Western Mountains (c.1934-9) Signature: signed 'PAUL HENRY' lower right Medium: oil on board Size: 25½ x 30½cm (10 x 12in) Provenance: Combridge Fine Art, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection More info: Click to read more about this lot A late work by Paul Henry with thin paint applied, notably in the sky, but treated directly and with little or no overpainting, which adds to the appeal of the scene. Indeed this is true of the whole canvas. In the mountains the paint has been applied a little more heavily, but just enough to indicate the direction of light, although in the cottages and the immediate foreground the paint is heavier and has been applied briskly nonetheless. All this contributes to the sense of recession and shows Henry at the height of his powers. Throughout good use has been made of the grain of the canvas. The paint, as usual with Henry, has been applied methodicallyin the thatch of the cottage roofs and in the foreground, for examplewhich also suggests a date of c. 1934-9. The work is a good example of Henrys later work in which the landscape has been handled in an almost iconic manner. In the Western Mountains is numbered 1308 in S. B. Kennedys ongoing cataloguing of Henrys oeuvre. Dr. S.B. Kennedy, November 2016
Artist: Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) Title: In the Western Mountains (c.1934-9) Signature: signed 'PAUL HENRY' lower right Medium: oil on board Size: 25½ x 30½cm (10 x 12in) Provenance: Combridge Fine Art, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection More info: Click to read more about this lot A late work by Paul Henry with thin paint applied, notably in the sky, but treated directly and with little or no overpainting, which adds to the appeal of the scene. Indeed this is true of the whole canvas. In the mountains the paint has been applied a little more heavily, but just enough to indicate the direction of light, although in the cottages and the immediate foreground the paint is heavier and has been applied briskly nonetheless. All this contributes to the sense of recession and shows Henry at the height of his powers. Throughout good use has been made of the grain of the canvas. The paint, as usual with Henry, has been applied methodicallyin the thatch of the cottage roofs and in the foreground, for examplewhich also suggests a date of c. 1934-9. The work is a good example of Henrys later work in which the landscape has been handled in an almost iconic manner. In the Western Mountains is numbered 1308 in S. B. Kennedys ongoing cataloguing of Henrys oeuvre. Dr. S.B. Kennedy, November 2016
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