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  • LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874 - 1940) 'Brigid' Oil on board, 23 x 38cm Signed and inscribed with title verso
    Feb. 25, 2025

    LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874 - 1940) 'Brigid' Oil on board, 23 x 38cm Signed and inscribed with title verso

    Est: €300 - €400

    LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874 - 1940) 'Brigid' Oil on board, 23 x 38cm Signed and inscribed with title verso

    Adam's
  • LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874-1940) Still Life with Flowers Oil on artist's board, 59 x 44cm Signed bottom right 'L. Williams'
    Sep. 04, 2023

    LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874-1940) Still Life with Flowers Oil on artist's board, 59 x 44cm Signed bottom right 'L. Williams'

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    LILY WILLIAMS ARHA (1874-1940) Still Life with Flowers Oil on artist's board, 59 x 44cm Signed bottom right 'L. Williams'

    Adam's
  • LILY WILLIAMS
    Apr. 30, 2019

    LILY WILLIAMS

    Est: €600 - €800

    Famine harbour, Oil on board

    Sheppards
  • Lily Williams (1874-1940) West of Ireland Landscape
    Jan. 18, 2016

    Lily Williams (1874-1940) West of Ireland Landscape

    Est: €200 - €300

    Lily Williams (1874-1940) West of Ireland Landscape watercolour signed lower right h:24  w:34.50 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

    Morgan O'Driscoll
  • Lily Williams (1874-1940) Peat Stacks and Cottages, West of Ireland
    Jan. 18, 2016

    Lily Williams (1874-1940) Peat Stacks and Cottages, West of Ireland

    Est: €200 - €300

    Lily Williams (1874-1940) Peat Stacks and Cottages, West of Ireland watercolour signed lower right h:24.50  w:35 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

    Morgan O'Driscoll
  • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Hibernia Pastel,
    Sep. 25, 2013

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Hibernia Pastel,

    Est: €2,000 - €4,000

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Hibernia Pastel, 65.5 X 42 (25.75 X 16.5'') Signed This is an important early pastel by the artist Lily Williams whose work rarely appears on the open market. Williams grew up in a progressive Presbyterian household which nurtured her artistic talents from an early stage. Having trained under May Manning and then, at The Royal Hibernian Schools, under Walter Osborne her loose impressionist style was allowed to develop alongside that of her immediate contemporaries, Beatrice and Dorothy Elvery, Grace Gifford and Estella Solomons the latter two of whom would have heightened her awareness of the Gaelic revival and it's accompanying Nationalism. Her family home at 104, Marlborough Road hosted ''literary afternoons'' which were attended by the likes of lifelong friend Arthur Griffith. In Protestant Nationalist circles Griffith was popular for his provocative non-violent policies. Williams is best known for her subtle pastel portraits of leading Nationalists of the day, including Griffith, Padraig Colum and The O'Rahilly. At Griffith's request she also designed 'stamps' for Sinn Féin in 1907. They were to be placed alongside official stamps and had the dual purpose of raising both funds and the profile of Sinn Féin. One of the two 'stamp' images designed by Williams was of the romantic Cathleen Ni Houlihan, a personification of Ireland also used by Sir John Lavery and ultimately found on the old one pound note. It is this Nationalist ethos which permeates 'Hibernia'. The beautiful figure, seated and alert, writes with a quill on to parchment draped in the tricolour. She personifies the national awakening and is as anonymous as she is all embracing, an icon for her times. Comparisons can be made between ''Hibernia'' and a work by fellow art student Beatrice Glenavy entitled 'Eire' executed by Glenavy in 1907. For further information on Lily Williams please refer to the feature on her ''Comrades and Friends'' by Hilary Pyle Irish Art Review Summer 2013.

    Adam's
  • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
    Mar. 04, 2013

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    with original inscribed ROSC exhibition label preserved verso

    Whyte's
  • Lilly Williams (1874 - 1940) "Still Life" Oil on
    Dec. 08, 2010

    Lilly Williams (1874 - 1940) "Still Life" Oil on

    Est: €1,500 - €2,000

    Lilly Williams (1874 - 1940) "Still Life" Oil on canvas, 18" x 24" ( 46 x 61 cm), signed & dated 1919.

    deVeres
  • Lily Williams, Portrait of a lady, Oil on canvas
    Sep. 29, 2010

    Lily Williams, Portrait of a lady, Oil on canvas

    Est: €1,200 - €1,800

    Lily Williams, Portrait of a lady, Oil on canvas Size 68 x 52 cms.

    Sheppards
  • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Cottage at
    Mar. 31, 2010

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Cottage at

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) Cottage at Ticknock, Dundrum Oil on canvas laid on board, 15 x 22.75cm (6 x 9") Signed with monogram Dublin born Lily William was first taught by May Manning and later went on to the Metropolitan School of Art, where her contemporaries included Estella Solomons, Beatric Glenavy and Cissie Beckett. Well known for her Republican sympathies she fell out with her family at the time of the Rising. Her portrait of Arthur Griffith is in the Hugh Lane Gallery collection.

    Adam's
  • Lily Williams, R.H.A. (1874 - 1940) "Famine
    Dec. 03, 2008

    Lily Williams, R.H.A. (1874 - 1940) "Famine

    Est: €700 - €1,100

    Lily Williams, R.H.A. (1874 - 1940) "Famine Harbour," O.O.B., signed verso, (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION.

    Mealy's
  • Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY,
    May. 26, 2007

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY,

    Est: €800 - €1,000

    Lily Williams ARHA (1874-1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904-08 inscribed with artist's name and address on reverse oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent to the present owner

    Whyte's
  • Lily Williams, ARHA (1874 - 1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904 - 08 oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent
    Sep. 19, 2006

    Lily Williams, ARHA (1874 - 1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904 - 08 oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    Lily Williams, ARHA (1874 - 1940) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, circa 1904 - 08 oil on canvas 69 by 56cm., 27 by 22in. Provenance: Mrs S. Mallin; By descent to the present owner Exhibited: Literature: Notes:Lily Williams was a well-known portrait painter and Sinn Fein supporter. Born in Dublin and christened Elizabeth Josephine Williams, she studied at the RHA Painting Schools and privately with May Manning. From 1904-39 she was an annual exhibitor at the RHA; she also showed frequently with the Dublin Sketching Club and at the Oireachtas art exhibitions. She was a staunch supporter of Arthur Griffith and designed the first Sinn Fein postage stamp in order to help finance his paper. Her portraits of Dr Kathleen Lynn hang both in Liberty Hall and the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, whilst other works hang in µras an Uachtar in, the Abbey Theatre, the Hugh Lane Gallery, and UCD. (See Snoddy, pp. 713-4).

    Whyte's
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