Hughie O'Donoghue Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Hughie O'Donoghue Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 04, 2024
Hughie O’Donoghue RA, Moo Cow Farm;
Est: £200 - £300
Hughie O’Donoghue RA, British b.1953- Moo Cow Farm; lithograph in colours on wove, signed and numbered 8/75, from The London Suite II, a print portfolio by twenty artists from 2012, published by Advanced Graphics, London, sheet: 29.2 x 29.2 cm, (framed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Jul. 17, 2024
Hughie O'Donoghue (British, born 1953) Study of a Satyr (From Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne)
Est: £400 - £600
Hughie O'Donoghue (British, born 1953) Study of a Satyr (From Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne) signed, dated and inscribed 'Hughie O'Donoghue 1984/Drawing from Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne',/London National Gallery.' (on sheet verso) pen and ink and wash on paper 27 x 37.5cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/4in).
Bonhams
Mar. 27, 2024
Hughie O'Donoghue (British, born 1953) Arise and Go
Est: £3,500 - £5,500
Hughie O'Donoghue (British, born 1953) Arise and Go signed 'O'Donoghue' (lower right); further signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Arise and go/Prodigal Son Series./O'Donoghue. 2004/6' (on board verso) oil and ink-jet on tissue, laid on board 73.5 x 63cm (28 15/16 x 24 13/16in).
Bonhams
Sep. 27, 2023
Hughie O'Donoghue RA (b.1953) Night Swimmer III (2003) Oil on canvas, 80 x 110cm (31½ x 43¾) Signed, inscribed and dated 2003 verso The human figure immersed in water, or in the earth, is a key motif in Hughie ODonoghues paintings over
Est: €12,000 - €16,000
Hughie O'Donoghue RA (b.1953) Night Swimmer III (2003) Oil on canvas, 80 x 110cm (31½ x 43¾) Signed, inscribed and dated 2003 verso The human figure immersed in water, or in the earth, is a key motif in Hughie ODonoghues paintings over several decades. As early as 1984 one work, Liquid Earth, confirms that there is an equivalence between the two elements for him. He was inspired by the preserved, centuries-old bodies recovered from peat bogs, a source of fascination for many, including artists and poets. ODonoghue has said that he sees the painter as a kind of emotional archaeologist, working the surface to unearth what is within it, a metaphorical concept linked to his concerns with memory, history and place. The painter recalls, recovers and marks experiences both personal and universal, normally invisible against a background of grand historical narratives. Both his parents were of Irish origin, and he has made significant bodies of work inspired by the layers and paths of family histories. A couple of years prior to making this painting, he had been in Italy, retracing some of his fathers footsteps as the allies advanced through Italy during the Second World War. He was greatly struck by the Tomb of the Diver at Paestum, a painting in which a figure plunges from the Pillars of Hercules into the unknown. Some of his fathers photographs captured allied soldiers enjoying a few moments of peace on the beach and in the water at Cumae. There were also the striking examples of those caught in the eruption of Vesuvius, captured in plaster casts. All of these sources, and more, are bound up in the dreamlike images of the Night Swimmers, materialising out of the depths, dazzling examples of the painters tonal brilliance and his mastery of contemporary depiction of the human image. Aidan Dunne, 2023
Adam's
Oct. 27, 2020
Hughie O'Donoghue RA (b.1953) Red Earth VI (1995)
Est: €30,000 - €50,000
Hughie O'Donoghue RA (b.1953) Red Earth VI (1995) oil on canvas signed and dated 1995 verso h:218.50 w:195.50 cm. Provenance: Archeus / Post Modern Gallery, London; These Auction Rooms, 5th December 2016, Lot 33; Private Collection Exhibited: Andata e Ritorno: British Artists in Italy 1890-1996; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 6th July - 3rd August 1996 Like many of Hughie O'Donoghue's works, Red Earth VI begins with an image-often photographic-over which layers of paint are gradually applied, in a creative process that partly obscures the image but also results in a visually dramatic and compelling work of art. There is aesthetic tension in the final work, where the viewer can partly discern the image, but equally is overwhelmed by the visual impact of rich earth pigments bound in oil medium, laid on with a textured, visceral quality. In Red Earth VI there is a suggestion of landscape, both in the title and also in the horizon line, but there is also a sense in which O'Donoghue has depicted a world turned upside-down, where the sky above seems more solid than the earth below. Born in Manchester, to an Irish mother, and a father whose parents were from Ireland, O'Donoghue's formal art education was at Goldsmith's College in London. However, much of his appreciation of art came from visits with his father to Manchester City Art Gallery, and the influence of Veronese and Van Gogh remains an important factor in his work. In 1984 a residency at the National Gallery in London enabled him to study closely the work of Titian, Goya, Courbet and other artists within the European fine art tradition. Throughout his childhood, O'Donoghue visited Ireland frequently, becoming familiar with its history, landscape and people. His mother's parents lived near Erris in Co. Mayo, and their life, and the lives of the people of Mayo, form recurring themes in his art. He also completed several series of works based on his father's experiences in the Second World War; a theme expanded to include images based on the experiences of soldiers and others in World War I. Images of mortality and death are frequent in O'Donoghue's work, which is a mixture of figuration and abstraction and often created within a religious, or quasi-religious context, with a Biblical, apocalyptic quality to the images. Twelve large canvases, and many charcoal drawings, of a series entitled Episodes from the Passion, were commissioned in 1986 by Craig Baker and later presented to the Irish state. In 2005 O'Donoghue executed a large stained-glass window for the Bons Secours hospital in Galway, and the following year collaborated with Seamus Heaney to illustrate the medieval Scottish poem The Testament of Cresseid. Another stained-glass commission, in 2013, saw him creating windows for the Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. A member of the Royal Academy, he has also been elected to Aosdána. Peter Murray, October 2020
Morgan O'Driscoll
May. 27, 2019
Hughie O'Donoghue RA (b.1953) DARRARAGH (PLACE FULL OF OAKS), 2001
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
signed, titled and dated on reverse
Whyte's
Sep. 18, 2018
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Cherbourg (Study) no. II
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
oil on canvas incorporating transparent photographic component
Sotheby's
Sep. 11, 2018
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Darraragh (Place Full of Oaks)
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Sep. 11, 2018
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Man with a Bandaged Head
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
oil on canvas laid on board
Sotheby's
Jun. 13, 2018
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Deep Water
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Sep. 27, 2017
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Medusa III
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
oil and mixed media on canvas
Sotheby's
Sep. 27, 2017
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Cherbourg (Study) no. II
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
oil on canvas incorporating transparent photographic component
Sotheby's
Jun. 14, 2017
† AR UGHIE O’DONOGHUE (BORN 1953) Melia’s Field
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
† AR UGHIE O’DONOGHUE (BORN 1953) Melia’s Field signed twice, titled and dated ‘O’Donoghue./Melia’s Field./ O’Donoghue 2001.’ (verso) oil on canvas 182.8 x 200.1 cm. (72 x 79 1/8 in.)
Bonhams
Oct. 21, 2015
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Lilium
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
acrylic on paper
Sotheby's
Oct. 21, 2015
HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE | Oil and Water II
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
oil and photograph on linen canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 24, 2014
Hughie O’Donoghue (b.1953) OLD TIME MUSIC NO. 1 & 2, 2007 (A PAIR)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Hughie O'Donoghue (b.1953) OLD TIME MUSIC NO. 1 & 2, 2007 (A PAIR) oil on paper; (2) first signed lower center; second signed lower right; both titled, numbered and dated on reverse; both with Purdy Hicks Gallery [London] label on reverse h:11 w:15 in. Provenance: With Purdy Hicks, London, 2007; Private collection Both of equal dimensions. Uniformly framed.
Whyte's
Sep. 11, 2013
Hughie O'Donoghue, RA - THE DRUNKENESS OF NOAH -
Est: £250 - £350
Hughie O'Donoghue, RA - THE DRUNKENESS OF NOAH - Artist's Proof Print - 15 x 22 inches - Signed
Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 04, 2013
Hughie O’Donoghue (b.1953) ARISE AND GO, 2004/6
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
signed lower right; signed, inscribed [Prodigal Son Series] titled and dated on reverse
Whyte's
Nov. 26, 2012
Hughie O’Donoghue (b.1953) A LONG TIME GONE, 2005
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
signed, titled and dated on reverse; with Fenton Gallery label also on reverse
Whyte's