Lot 20: ALOYSIUS O'KELLY B. 1853

ON THE SHEEPSCOTT RIVER, MAINE

measurements note
45.5 by 56.5cm.; 18 by 22¼in.

signed l.r.: ALOYSIUS O'KELLY

oil on canvas

EXHIBITED

Dublin, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Aloysius O'Kelly, November 1999 - January 2000, no.39, illustrated in the catalogue, p.106.

NOTE

In 1912, O'Kelly spent five months painting in Maine, the northern most county of New England, U.S.A. His principal subject was the Sheepscott river but he was also inspired by the expanse of coastline nearby and the traditional way of life advocated by the local inhabitants.