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‘On the Mantlepiece’
Oil on Canvas, 76.2 x 50.8cm
Original exhibition label verso
Exhibited: Gorry Gallery November 1984 No. 20
Provenance: Dr. Brendan O’Brien, Private Collection U.S.A
A direct descendant of Brian Boru, and grandson of Young Irelander, William Smith O’Brien, Dermod O’Brien served as president of the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1910 until his death in 1945. From Harrow he progressed to Cambridge, but eschewing the career path envisaged by his father, made his way to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp where he distinguished himself with a silver medal in painting and a gold medal in drawing, honours which eluded fellow Antwerp alumnus, Walter Frederick Osborne, with whom he would later forge a close friendship; Osborne serving as best man at his wedding to Mabel Smyly in 1902. O’Brien continued his training at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1891 and concluded it at the Slade. In London he shared his Trafalgar Studio with Henry Tonks and cultivated friendships with artists such as George Clausen and Sargent’s protégé, Charles Wellington Furse. He was also an integral member of the eclectic and vibrant Chelsea Arts Club. He settled in Ireland in 1901 dividing his days between Dublin and the family seat of Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick.
Gearóid Arthur Hayes
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‘On the Mantlepiece’
Oil on Canvas, 76.2 x 50.8cm
Original exhibition label verso
Exhibited: Gorry Gallery November 1984 No. 20
Provenance: Dr. Brendan O’Brien, Private Collection U.S.A
A direct descendant of Brian Boru, and grandson of Young Irelander, William Smith O’Brien, Dermod O’Brien served as president of the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1910 until his death in 1945. From Harrow he progressed to Cambridge, but eschewing the career path envisaged by his father, made his way to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp where he distinguished himself with a silver medal in painting and a gold medal in drawing, honours which eluded fellow Antwerp alumnus, Walter Frederick Osborne, with whom he would later forge a close friendship; Osborne serving as best man at his wedding to Mabel Smyly in 1902. O’Brien continued his training at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1891 and concluded it at the Slade. In London he shared his Trafalgar Studio with Henry Tonks and cultivated friendships with artists such as George Clausen and Sargent’s protégé, Charles Wellington Furse. He was also an integral member of the eclectic and vibrant Chelsea Arts Club. He settled in Ireland in 1901 dividing his days between Dublin and the family seat of Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick.
Gearóid Arthur Hayes