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Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) THE LAKE signed lower right; inscribed on reverse oil on board 46 by 6...

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Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) THE LAKE signed lower right; inscribed on reverse oil on board 46 by 6...
Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974)
THE LAKE
signed lower right; inscribed on reverse
oil on board
46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
Stylistically, The Lake can be dated to around the 1950s or early ‘60s. O’Neill
made great use of the palette knife on works of this period (indeed The Lake
appears to have been painted almost exclusively with the knife, as did Jack
Yeats in his mature works. Likewise, the colours hark back to Yeats – jewel-like
and harmonious. They are also of a higher key than those used in the 1940s,
without resorting to the intense brighteness and stark contrast seen in his late
work. It is a period of mature consolidation. In 1952 the Council for the
Encouragement of Music and Art (CEMA) organinsed a highly successful
retrospective of his work at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, attracting much
praise from critics and public alike. This led to two exhibitions at Tooth’s in
London (1952 and 1954, the latter exhibition shared with Colin Middleton). In
1958 O’Neill left his native Belfast for London. At the same time he began
exhibiting regularly with the Galerie Waddington, in Montreal, whilst also
sending works back to Dublin where they were shown at the Dawson Gallery in 1960
and 1963.
€25,000-€35,000 (£16,800-£23,500 sterling approx.)