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Mabel Young (1889-1974) TO THE FAR OFF HILLS signed in monogram lower right; inscribed with artis...

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Mabel Young (1889-1974) TO THE FAR OFF HILLS signed in monogram lower right; inscribed with artis...
Mabel Young (1889-1974)
TO THE FAR OFF HILLS
signed in monogram lower right; inscribed with artist, title and date [1959] on
reverse
oil on board
13 by 15cm., 5 by 6in.
Mabel Young was the student and second wife of Paul Henry RHA. Born on the Isle
of Wight, she came to Dublin in 1914 to assist her sister, who was then
housekeeper of the Shelbourne Hotel. The two sisters remained at the Shelbourne
throughout the vicissitudes of the 1916 Rising and the ensuing Civil War, during
which, according to Elizabeth Bowen, a bullet was fired into Mabel’s sitting
room, narrowly missing her pet canary. In 1924, whilst on a holiday in Wicklow,
she met Paul Henry and with his encouragement and advice began painting. Four
years later she exhibited at the RHA, showing thirty-two works there over the
following years. Other exhibitions were held at Combridge’s and in the
Shelbourne, and she was included in the 1953 Contemporary Irish Art exhibition
at Aberystwyth in Wales. Her style was often close to that of Henry’s, as
evident in the present work.
€1,000-€1,200 (£700-£800 sterling approx.)