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Jun. 25, 2024
George Bernard O'Neill (Irish, 1828-1917)
Est: £800 - £1,200
George Bernard O'Neill (Irish, 1828-1917) 'Grandfather's Pet' signed ' G. B. O'Neill' l.r., oil on panel 30 x 25cm Provenance: With Gladwell & Patterson, London. Condition Report: Framed: 37 x 32cm On close inspection a fine 9cm vertical line is visible to the centre right of the bottom edge. Light surface dirt. The work overall presents well and is ready to hang. Not examined under UV light. For full condition report, please contact the department.
Sworders
Mar. 13, 2024
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Hide and seek
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Hide and seek signed 'GBO'Neill' (lower right) oil on panel 41 x 28cm (16 1/8 x 11in). ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 08, 2023
George Bernard O'Neill (Irish,1828-1917) oil painting antique
Est: $3,800 - $4,750
ARTIST: George Bernard O'Neill (Ireland, 1828 - 1917) TITLE: The New Locket (titled on label) MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Few minor paint losses. Some small scattered inpaintings. Some damages to frame. ART SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 26 inches / 76 x 66 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Frost and Reed Gallery, London, UK (has gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 127937 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Bernard O'Neill was a prolific Irish genre painter, from 1859 a member of the Cranbrook Colony of artists.O'Neill was born in Dublin in Ireland, the ninth of fifteen children of a Dublin Ordnance clerk. He arrived in England in 1837, went to school in Woolwich and was accepted at the Royal Academy Schools in 1845. He was a successful student, regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1847 onwards, and gained a reputation as a painter of charming narrative scenes. 'The Foundling', exhibited in 1852, demonstrated his awareness of works by Old Masters combined with the appealing subject of an orphaned child.O' Neill's artistic manner was similar to that of Thomas Webster and Frederick Daniel Hardy. The close relationship between O'Neill and Hardy can be judged from their little painting 'The Surprise' where Hardy painted the interior and O'Neill - the figure (Wolverhampton Art Gallery).Scenes of rural life - virtuous, innocent, sometimes slightly comical, sometimes sentimental, painted on small domestic scale, appealed to middle-class customers. The height of his success was in the 1850s-1870s, when his works were eagerly collected by Midlands industrialists and the entrepreneurs of other industrial regions of the country. This feeling of public success was expressed in O'Neill's painting 'Public Opinion', which had been shown at the Royal Academy in 1863 (at present at the Leeds City Art Gallery).O'Neill also kept a home and studio in London, where he spent the winter months participating in the capital's artistic life. In the 1870s, along with George Henry Boughton, he became friends with James McNeill Whistler and offered him moral support during the years 1877-78, when Whistler sued the critic John Ruskin for libel. Although O'Neill's artistic views were in many ways contrary to these of Whistler, they both believed that the artist's aesthetic purpose gave validity to a work of art.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 10, 2022
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Mother and children, 1887 Oil on can
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Mother and children, 1887 Oil on canvas 14-1/4 x 21-1/4 inches (36.2 x 54.0 cm) Signed and dated lower left: G. O'Neill / 1887 Property from the Estate of Robert P. Potts, Dallas, Texas HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 06, 2022
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) The Baker's boy
Est: £800 - £1,200
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) The Baker's boy bears signature (on the reverse) oil on board 14.3 x 11.4cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 26, 2022
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (BRITISH 1828-1917), THE FAVOURITE
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (BRITISH 1828-1917)THE FAVOURITEOil on panelSigned with initials (lower right) and signed and inscribed on the reverse: The Favourite / by G. B. O'Neill / Willesley 1868 24 x 29.5cm (9¼ x 11½ in.)Provenance:Sale, Sotheby's London, 6th of March 2008, lot 70
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Apr. 26, 2022
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) The Goose Girl
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) The Goose Girl oil on canvas signed lower left h:51 w:40.80 cm. Provenance: Private Collection In a laneway lined with medieval houses, a young woman wearing an apron and bonnet, and carrying a pail, approaches a flock of geese. Behind her, a group of older people, including an elderly man with a walking stick, stand outside a cottage door. While style and subject matter suggests this is a later work by O'Neill, and perhaps an attempt to emulate the work of his contemporaries in France or Belgium, the setting of this painting is almost certainly Cranbrook in Kent, a town famed for its old houses, windmills and inns. O'Neill was a successful genre painter, and wanted his images to 'tell a story'. The young woman's stance, head tilted to one side, indicates perhaps that she cares little for the gossips behind her. Born in Dublin in 1828, son of Bernard and Sarah O'Neill, George Bernard O'Neill was brought to England as a child. His father worked as a storekeeper at Woolwich arsenal, and O'Neill, the ninth of fifteen children, attended school locally. After studying at the RA schools, O'Neill enjoyed success, specialising in genre scenes and paintings of childhood. While appealing to Victorian sentimentality, his works are also reflective of conditions in society-as with his 1852 The Foundling. In 1859, after his marriage to Emma Callcott, (a cousin of John Callcott Horsley), O'Neill joined a group of artists based at Cranbrook, near Sissinghurst in Kent. Founded by Frederick Daniel Hardy, the Cranbrook colony included O'Neill's cousin in law Callcott Horsley, along with George Hardy, Thomas Webster, George Henry Boughton and Augustus Mulready. While living in London during the winter months, in summertime O'Neill and his wife rented Old Wilsley House, a medieval timber framed residence near Cranbrook, which became the setting for many of his paintings. The couple had seven children, who, as they grew up, provided models for paintings such as The Rehearsal, The Daisy Chain, The Game of Hide and Seek, and Piggy-back. In works such as The Quaker and the Tax Gatherer, he tackled more serious issues. His Manning the Navy (1860) is an ambitious work, redolent of the jingoism of Victorian Britain, while Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Stafford depicts children enacting a scene from history. A member of the Art Union and active in London's artistic circles, O'Neill was a friend and supporter of James MacNeill Whistler. A popular artist at the outset of his career, his work gradually fell out of favour, and when he died in 1917 he had not exhibited for many years. Peter Murray, March 2022
Morgan O'Driscoll
Sep. 06, 2021
GEORGE O'NEILL The Foundling
Est: $100 - $200
GEORGE O'NEILL The Foundling engraving 15 x 25.5cm PROVENANCE The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Gibson's
Sep. 22, 2020
FREDERICK DANIEL HARDY (1826-1911) and GEORGE BERNARD O~NEILL (1828-1907)
Est: £500 - £700
FREDERICK DANIEL HARDY (1826-1911) and GEORGE BERNARD O~NEILL (1828-1907) RETURNING HOME signed^ inscribed & dated on the reverse Interior by FD Hardy / Figure by GB O~Neill / 1856 oil on panel 17.7 x 15.9 cm / 7 x 6 1/4 in Provenance: Christie~s^ London^ Anonymous Sale^ 19.12.1991^ Lot 191 Both Hardy and O~Neill were members of the Cranbrook Colony of Artists^ based in Kent^ who drew inspiration from the genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age of painting. The artists and their families were a close-knit group^ some bound by marriage to each other~s kin as well as artistic association^ and together they played a philanthropic role within the local community. Keith Roberts emphasised the Dutch influences on the group in his review of an exhibition of the Colony~s works at Wolverhampton^ home to the largest National collection of these works: |Ostade^ Teniers and Steen are also obvious general sources for paintings that are usually small in scale and which depend on finish and careful observation of detail and types| (1). Bibliography: (1) Keith Webster - The Cranbrook Colony at Wolverhampton - The Burlington Magazine^ Vol. 119^ No. 888 (March 1977) - p.214
Olympia Auctions
Dec. 15, 2019
Painting, George Bernard O'Neill
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George Bernard O'Neill (Irish, 1828-1917), "Look out the Gardener," oil on canvas, signed lower right, gallery label affixed verso, title plaque lower center, canvas: 10"h x 8"w, overall (with frame): 17.75"h x 15.75"w
Clars Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Storming the Castle oil on canvas 15 x 19 in. (38 x 48.2 cm.)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Storming the Castle signed 'G B O'Neill' (lower right) oil on canvas 15 x 19 in. (38 x 48.2 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 12, 2019
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Picking grapes
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Picking grapes signed and dated 'G.B.O'Neill/98' (lower left) oil on panel 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 12, 2018
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Picking Grapes (1898)
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Picking Grapes (1898) oil on board signed lower left and dated (18)'98 h:45.70 w:35.20 cm. Provenance: Richard Green Gallery, London (label verso); Private Collection Accomplished and prolific, O'Neill was best known for his highly detailed genre and figure paintings, which typically featured children and animals. Born in Dublin, he exhibited over seventy works at London's Royal Academy, and his paintings survive in more than 16 public collections, e.g. A Deathbed Scene (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin), and The Foundling (Tate Britain, 1852). His narrative suggests children leaving their game of hoop and stick, to help the old man, so he need not descend from the ladder as he picks grapes. Meticulously depicted, the open gate hints that the girl has wandered into the scene, where the boy already has his basket lined and filled with a vine leaf and grapes. Plants are used symbolically; to represent youth and innocence (the daisy, between the children), and old age (the autumn leaves), soon to be swept aside with the besom that leans up in the foreground. The terrier, representing faithfulness, observes the scene. The leaded fenestration and good clothing, suggest an English rather than Irish setting. Claudia Kinmonth, October 2018
Morgan O'Driscoll
Mar. 27, 2018
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Picking grapes 18 x 14in (45.8 x 35.5cm)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Bernard O'Neill Picking grapes signed 'G.B. O'Neill' and dated '98' (lower left)oil on panel18 x 14in (45.8 x 35.5cm)
Bonhams
Nov. 08, 2017
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) - Picking grapes 18 x 14in (45.8 x 35.5cm)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Picking grapes 18 x 14in (45.8 x 35.5cm)
Bonhams
Sep. 27, 2017
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Reaping Time
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Reaping Time Reaping Time signed 'GBONeill' (lower right); signed and inscribed with artist's address (on the reverse) oil on canvas 77 x 99cm (30 5/16 x 39in). Footnotes Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1878, no. 1013. The ninth of fifteen children, George Bernard O'Neill was born on 17th July 1828. In the late 1830's his family left Dublin and settled in England where his father had a job as an Ordnance storekeeper at the Woolwich Arsenal. George enrolled at the RA schools and first exhibited there in 1847. This was the first of an unbroken run of Royal Academy exhibits right up until 1893, bar 1858, the year after he was married to Emma Stuart Callcott, the cousin of the artist John Callcott Horsley, RA. In 1860 the O'Neills moved out of London, spending the summer months in Cranbrook, to join Frederick Daniel Hardy, who had settled there six years earlier. Within relatively easy reach of the metropolis, due to the new railway, this small village in Kent provided the perfect combination of rural subject matter, clean air and the chance for this group of painters to form a closely knit, almost familial colony. O'Neill leased 'Old Wisley' and the artists shared a studio on the High Street. They were soon to be joined by Thomas Webster, RA; George Henry Boughton and Augustus Mulready were also frequent visitors. Using mainly family, friends and local models, O'Neill produced narrative works which tended to be sentimental but proved popular with the Victorian public. In Reaping Time, which was shown at the Royal Academy in 1878, the farmer or possibly grain merchant is testing the quality of the corn which has been harvested from the field beyond. The sample has been brought to him by the young girl who has discarded her hat, having come in from the field. This age old ritual is given modern relevance by the copy of the Kentish Express which lies open, and behind more everyday activities take place: a mother suckles her baby, an old lady feeds chickens and in the room behind the figures on the bench a customer prepares to have a shave. The setting for this picture is almost certainly Old Wisley. The distinctive windows with diamond panes appear in many of the artist's works of this period, and the device of the open door allowing an additional narrative beyond the main event was a common device frequently employed in genre pictures at this time. O'Neill continued to divide his time between London and Kent, and counted amongst his friends Whistler who he supported during the infamous libel case against John Ruskin in 1878. He died in London on 23rd September 1917.
Bonhams
Jan. 23, 2017
GEORGE BERNARD O''NEILL, (BRITISH 1828-1917), "THE FATHER OF THE REGIMENT"
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
GEORGE BERNARD O''NEILL (british 1828-1917) "THE FATHER OF THE REGIMENT" Signed and dated ''G. B. O''Neill/ 77'' bottom right, oil on canvas 36 x 28 1/4 in. (91.4 x 71.7cm) provenance: Schillay & Rehs, Inc., New York, New York. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. exhibited: The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Ninth, London, May-August, 1877, no. 511.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 27, 2016
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917), Traveler on horseback, Oil
Est: €2,080 - €2,600
Oil on canvas Ireland, 19th century George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Irish genre painter Monogramed 'GBON' lower left Verso inscribed 'Painted by G. Bernard O'Neill' Dimensions: 25.8 x 34.5 cm Gilt stucco frames: 49 x 58.5 cm Provenance: Private collection, Italy Picturesque village impression: A couple travelling on horseback say´s hello to the villagers in front of half-timbered houses a rare work of the Irish painter George Bernard O'Neill. Condition: The varnish is darkened and somewhat stained. There are areas with rubbing due to the frame along the upper edges and corners of the canvas. Scattered retouched spots can be found. The overall impression is good. The frame shows traces of usage and age as tears. The dimensions are 25.8 x 34.5 cm and the frame measures 49 x 58.5 cm. George B. O'Neill (1828-1917) The Dublin-born George Bernard O'Neill was an Irish genre and portrait painter and belonged to the circle of the painters of the English Cranbrook Colony in Kent. O'Neill studied at Royal Academy in London, where his works were shown in exhibitions since c. 1850. The artist became very successful. His oeuvre focusses on narrative scenes from everyday life with figures in interiors, which are characterized by the charming atmosphere of the paintings and empathy of the artist. Works of O'Neill are in the following collections: National Gallery in London and in the museums of the cities Leeds, Liverpool, Preston and Sheffield. (msc) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Oct. 11, 2016
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (1828-1917)Hide and SeekOil on canvas, 61 x 50cm (24 x 19¾'')Signed
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (1828-1917)Hide and SeekOil on canvas, 61 x 50cm (24 x 19¾'')Signed
Adam's
Aug. 26, 2016
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917), Traveler on horseback, Oil
Est: €2,400 - €3,120
Oil on canvas Ireland, 19th century George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) – Irish genre painter Monogramed 'GBON' lower left Verso inscribed 'Painted by G. Bernard O'Neill' Dimensions: 25.8 x 34.5 cm Gilt stucco frames: 49 x 58.5 cm Provenance: Private collection, Italy Picturesque village impression: A couple travelling on horseback say´s hello to the villagers in front of half-timbered houses – a rare work of the Irish painter George Bernard O'Neill. Condition: The varnish is darkened and somewhat stained. There are areas with rubbing due to the frame along the upper edges and corners of the canvas. Scattered retouched spots can be found. The overall impression is good. The frame shows traces of usage and age as tears. The dimensions are 25.8 x 34.5 cm and the frame measures 49 x 58.5 cm. George B. O'Neill (1828-1917) The Dublin-born George Bernard O'Neill was an Irish genre and portrait painter and belonged to the circle of the painters of the English Cranbrook Colony in Kent. O'Neill studied at Royal Academy in London, where his works were shown in exhibitions since c. 1850. The artist became very successful. His oeuvre focusses on narrative scenes from everyday life with figures in interiors, which are characterized by the charming atmosphere of the paintings and empathy of the artist. Works of O'Neill are in the following collections: National Gallery in London and in the museums of the cities Leeds, Liverpool, Preston and Sheffield. (msc) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Jun. 28, 2016
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917), Traveler on horseback, Oil
Est: €3,000 - €3,900
Oil on canvas Ireland, 19th century George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) – Irish genre painter Monogramed 'GBON' lower left Verso inscribed 'Painted by G. Bernard O'Neill' Dimensions: 25.8 x 34.5 cm Gilt stucco frames: 49 x 58.5 cm Provenance: Private collection, Italy Picturesque village impression: A couple travelling on horseback say´s hello to the villagers in front of half-timbered houses – a rare work of the Irish painter George Bernard O'Neill. Condition: The varnish is darkened and somewhat stained. There are areas with rubbing due to the frame along the upper edges and corners of the canvas. Scattered retouched spots can be found. The overall impression is good. The frame shows traces of usage and age as tears. The dimensions are 25.8 x 34.5 cm and the frame measures 49 x 58.5 cm. George B. O'Neill (1828-1917) The Dublin-born George Bernard O'Neill was an Irish genre and portrait painter and belonged to the circle of the painters of the English Cranbrook Colony in Kent. O'Neill studied at Royal Academy in London, where his works were shown in exhibitions since c. 1850. The artist became very successful. His oeuvre focusses on narrative scenes from everyday life with figures in interiors, which are characterized by the charming atmosphere of the paintings and empathy of the artist. Works of O'Neill are in the following collections: National Gallery in London and in the museums of the cities Leeds, Liverpool, Preston and Sheffield. (msc) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Jun. 22, 2016
George Bernard O'Neill, British (1828 - 1917), Fairy Tales, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 1/4 in. (61 x 51.4 cm)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
signed lower right
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Jun. 22, 2016
George Bernard O'Neill (18281917) Christmas Cards
Est: CHF3,000 - CHF4,000
George Bernard O'Neill (18281917) Christmas Cards unten links signiert «G. B. O'Neill» Öl auf Leinwand 34 x 41.5 cm
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
May. 25, 2016
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) At the Tavern
Est: £700 - £1,000
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) At the Tavern
Bonhams
Dec. 02, 2015
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917)Hide and SeekOil on canvas
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917)Hide and SeekOil on canvas, 61 x 50cm (24 x 19¾'')Signed
Adam's
Nov. 30, 2015
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) MY, HOW THEY HAVE GROWN
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) MY, HOW THEY HAVE GROWN oil on canvas laid on board signed lower right; with A. Baird-Carter Fine Art Dealer [London] label on reverse; also numbered [214] in pencil on reverse h:10.50 w:8.50 in. Provenance: A. Baird-Carter Fine Art Dealer, London; Private collection
Whyte's
Oct. 07, 2015
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (1828-1917) 'Choice Dessert
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (1828-1917) 'Choice Dessert', signed, oils on panel, 29 x 23.5cm Dyson Liseter Art Gallery, Harrogate label verso
Mallams
Sep. 17, 2015
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEIL (1828-1917) A study of young children in an interior,
Est: £4,500 - £7,500
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEIL (1828-1917) A study of young children in an interior, with their dog and a basket of puppies, signed lower right and dated '95, oil on canvas, 13.5" x 17.75". See illustration
Duke's
Apr. 01, 2015
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Don't Wake the Dolls Oil on canvas, 52.5
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Don't Wake the Dolls Oil on canvas, 52.5 x 39cm (20.5 x 15.25'') Signed and dates 1865 O'Neill was born in Dublin but left for England in 1837, and was accepted at the Royal Academy Schools in 1845. A successful student, he regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1847 onwards, and gained a reputation as a painter of charming narrative scenes. He was a member of the Cranbrook Colony, a group of artists who settled in Cranbrook, Kent from 1854 onwards and were inspired by seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painters. They have been referred to as 'genre' painters as they tended to paint scenes of everyday life that they saw around them, typically scenes of domestic life; cooking and washing, children playing and other family activities. The popularity of these scenes led to success for the artist in the 1850s-1870s, when his works were eagerly collected by entrepreneurs and industrialists of the area. The artist expressed his pleasure at this recognition by the public in his painting 'Public Opinion', which was shown at the Royal Academy in 1863 (at present at the Leeds City Art Gallery).
Adam's
Mar. 12, 2015
The Quaker and the Tax-Gatherer
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) The Quaker and the Tax-Gatherer signed and dated 'G B O'Neill /61' (lower right) oil on canvas 29¼ x 45¼ in. (74.3 x 115 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2014
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917)'MY, HOW THEY HAVE GROWN'Signed l.r., oil on canvas laid down on
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) 'MY, HOW THEY HAVE GROWN' Signed l.r., oil on canvas laid down on panel 27 x 23cm
Sworders
Dec. 03, 2014
George Bernard O'Neill, (1828-1917) The Favourite Oil on board, 25 x 29.5cm (9¾ x 11½'') Signed with initials, also inscribed with title, artist's name & 'Willisley' and dated 1868, probably in artist's hand verso O'Neill was born in Dublin but left
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
George Bernard O'Neill, (1828-1917) The Favourite Oil on board, 25 x 29.5cm (9¾ x 11½'') Signed with initials, also inscribed with title, artist's name & 'Willisley' and dated 1868, probably in artist's hand verso O'Neill was born in Dublin but left for England in 1837, and was accepted at the Royal Academy Schools in 1845. A successful student, he regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1847 onwards, and gained a reputation as a painter of charming narrative scenes. He was a member of the Cranbrook Colony, a group of artists who settled in Cranbrook, Kent from 1854 onwards and were inspired by seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painters. They have been referred to as 'genre' painters as they tended to paint scenes of everyday life that they saw around them, typically scenes of domestic life; cooking and washing, children playing and other family activities. The popularity of these scenes led to success for the artist in the 1850s-1870s, when his works were eagerly collected by entrepreneurs and industrialists of the area. The artist expressed his pleasure at this recognition by the public in his painting 'Public Opinion', which was shown at the Royal Academy in 1863 (at present at the Leeds City Art Gallery).
Adam's
Sep. 28, 2014
* George Bernard O'Neill, (British, 1828-1917), Bedtime, 1895
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Bedtime, 1895 oil on canvas signed G.B. O'Neill and dated (lower right) 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches.
Hindman
Nov. 10, 2013
Portrait by G.B. O'Neill, Woolwich
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Fine 19th century oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman signed lower right "GB O'Neill Woolwich, Artist. George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) was a prolific Irish genre painter, from 1859 a member of the Cranbrook Colony of artists. The canvas back bears the stamp of Charles Roberson, 51 Long Acre, London. O'Neill was born in Dublin in Ireland. His artistic manner was similar to that of Thomas Webster and Frederick Daniel Hardy.The height of his success was in the 1850s-1870s, when his works were eagerly collected by Midlands industrialists and the entrepreneurs of other industrial regions of the country. Mounted into a period wood and gesso frame. On sight 29 1/2" x 24 1/2". Ovearll 39" x 33".
Boston Harbor Auctions
Sep. 14, 2013
George Bernard O'Neill (Irish/British, 1828-1917)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Bernard O'Neill (Irish/British, 1828-1917), "Judging the Wheat", 1856, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, remnant of framer's label en verso of stretcher, 20 in. x 24 in., framed; accompanied with a letter of provenance. Provenance: Woolworth Family Collection, Monmouth, Maine Starting Price: USD 2000
Neal Auction Company
Mar. 21, 2013
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL, (1829-1917), The Task,
Est: $16,000 - $20,000
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL, (1829-1917), The Task, 1879, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: G B O'Neill 79|, 60.0 x 50.0 cm
Menzies
Feb. 10, 2012
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL [UK 1828-1917], OIL ON
Est: $400 - $600
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL [UK 1828-1917], OIL ON CANVAS LAID DOWN, 1901, 14" X 18", WOMAN WITH COWS: Signed lower left. In bronze gilt wood frame.
DuMouchelles
Nov. 08, 2011
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917)
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
'Don't be afraid', children fishing on a riverbank signed 'G B O'Neill' (lower left); bears label verso oil on canvas 44.5 x 35cm (17 1/2 x 13 3/4in).
Bonhams
Oct. 16, 2011
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL [BRITISH 1828-1917], OIL ON
Est: $800 - $1,200
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL [BRITISH 1828-1917], OIL ON BOARD, 1901, 14" X 18", WOMAN WALKING WITH COWS: Signed lower left. In bronze gilt wood frame.
DuMouchelles
Sep. 22, 2011
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) - The Wounded Soldier and his Family signed lower right "GBO'N"
Est: £400 - £600
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) The Wounded Soldier and his Family signed lower right "GBO'N" oil on metal h:16 w: 13 cm Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge.
Cheffins
Jun. 29, 2011
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Mother's help signed 'G B O'Neill' (lower right) oil on canvas 24 x 20 3/8 in. (61 x 51.7 cm.)
Christie's
May. 24, 2011
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Post Time, Oil
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Post Time, Oil on canvas, Signed and dated '77 lower left, 61 x 50cm (24 x 193/4in) Provenance: with Frost & Reed Ltd.
Dreweatts 1759
Mar. 01, 2011
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) A friendly word
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
A friendly word signed 'G B O'Neill' (lower right), oil on canvas 53.5 x 41cm (21 1/16 x 16 1/8in).
Bonhams
Feb. 03, 2011
GEORGE BERNARD O'NEILL (BRITISH, 1828-1917) OUTSIDE THE BARBER SHOP.
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
Oil on canvas scene shows three men seated on a bench with dog, child and man looking on. The child has picked some wheat and one of the gentleman evaluates its quality. A woman on the side under a tree nurses a baby while another feeds chickens on the other side of an alcove which looks out onto a landscape. The barber shop can be seen with the slanted barber pole and barber with client inside. Signed lower left "G.B. O'Neill, 1858". Housed in its original gilt frame liner. SIZE: 20" x 24". PROVENANCE: Woolworth Collection (F.W. Woolworth Dept. Store). CONDITION: Consolidated varnish surface layer, scrape through right man's head, several small punctures. Otherwise good. 9-21330
James D. Julia
Nov. 30, 2010
George Bernard O'Neil (1828-1917), Irish/English. BROTHER AND SISTERLY LOVE
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
George Bernard O'Neil (1828-1917), Irish/English. BROTHER AND SISTERLY LOVE; Oil on canvas; signed lower right24" x 19.75" - 61 x 50.2 cm.
Waddington's
Nov. 24, 2009
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) "Let's play!"
Est: -
"Let's play!" signed 'G.B.O'Neill' (lower right), oil on board 24 x 29cm (9 7/16 x 11 7/16in).
Bonhams
Sep. 16, 2009
George Bernard O'Neill (British, 1828-1917) Spring Garland
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Spring Garland signed 'G.B.O'Neill' (lower right), oil on board, 26 x 22.5cm (10 1/4 x 8 7/8in).
Bonhams
Dec. 11, 2008
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917)
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917) Storming the castle signed 'G.B.O'Neill' (lower right) oil on canvas 15 x 19 in. (38 x 48.2 cm.)
Christie's