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Eileen Murray (1885-1962) EVENING IN THE WEST signed in monogram lower right; inscribed on...

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Eileen Murray (1885-1962) EVENING IN THE WEST signed in monogram lower right; inscribed on...
Eileen Murray (1885-1962)
EVENING IN THE WEST
signed in monogram lower right; inscribed on reverse
oil on paper
36 by 25cm., 14 by 10in.
Inscribed label on reverse giving artist's name and the work's title and original price (5 gns), along with a Dublin Horse Show label. Born Eileen Chester in Templemore, Co. Cork, she studied under Stanhope Forbes RA at Newlyn in Cornwall. In 1908, she married a major in the Indian Army and spent the next twelve years in India, winning numerous prizes there in art competitions. On her return to Ireland, she settled at Mosstown, Kenagh, Co. Longford. She exhibited with the RHA, the Dublin Sketching Club, the Belfast Art Society and the Oireachtas, and Daniel Egan gave her a solo show in 1926. She is represented in the collections of the Waterford Municipal Art Gallery and the Ulster Museum.
€1,800-€2,000 (IR £1,400-£1,600 approx.)