Paul Henry (painter)

Paul Henry (painter)

Paul Henry (11 April 1876 – 24 August 1958) was a Northern Irish artist who painted the west of Ireland landscape with a spare post-impressionist style.

Paul Henry was born in Belfast, Ireland, the son of a Baptist minister. He studied art in Belfast before going to Paris in 1898 to study at the Académie Julian and at Whistler's studio. He married the painter Grace Henry in 1903 and returned to Ireland in 1910. From then, until 1919, he lived on Achill Island and learned to capture the peculiar interplay of light and landscape specific to the West of Ireland. In 1919 he moved to Dublin and in 1920 was one of the founders of the Society of Dublin Painters. He separated from his wife in 1929.

In the 1920s and 1930s Paul Henry was Ireland's best known artist, one who had a considerable influence on the popular image of the west of Ireland. Although he seems to have ceased experimenting with his technique after he left Achill and his range is limited, he created a large body of fine images whose familiarity is a testament to its influence. The National Gallery of Ireland held a major exhibition of his work in 2004.

A painting by Paul Henry was featured on the BBC show, The Antiques Roadshow which was aired on the 12 of November 2006. The painting was given a value of approximately £40,000 - £60,000 by the roadshow. However, due to the buoyancy of the Irish art market, it sold for an astonishing 260,000 euro on 5 December 2006 in James Adams' and Bonhams' joint Important Irish Art sale.

Work in Collections

*The Crawford Gallery, Cork, including:
** [http://www.crawfordartgallery.com/Paintings/PHenry.html "Landscape" (1923)]
*Musée du Luxembourg
*The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
*The Ulster Museum, Belfast

External links and references

*Raymond Keaveney (2002), "National Gallery of Ireland: Essential Guide". London: Scala Publishers. ISBN 1-85759-267-0.
* [http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/exhibits/irish/irish2/images/image12/body_image12.html "The Watcher" (1914) on a New York University website]
* [http://www.achill247.com/artists/paulhenry.html Biographical note on achill247.com]
* [http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/paulhenry.htm Biographical note on ulsterhistory.co.uk]
* [http://www.nationalgallery.ie/html/press34a.html National Gallery of Ireland press release announcing its 2004 Paul Henry exhibition.]

ee also

*List of Northern Irish artists


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