Lot 55: Charles MacIver Grierson RI (1864-1934) Circus

Charles MacIver Grierson RI (1864-1934) Circus Tricks Watercolour, 61 x 76cm (24 x 30'') Signed and dated 1890 Provenance: Sold in these rooms, ''Important Irish Art'' sale, 26th May 1999, Cat. No. 111, where purchased by the current owner Charles MacIver Grierson was born in Queenstown, now Cobh, Co. Cork, in December 1864. His father was the manager of the Cunard Steamship Company, Queenstown. He studied at the Crawford School of Art and for a time went on to the Westminister School of Art. The main venue for his output was the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour where over the years he exhibited over 80 works including some Irish views. He met his wife while staying in Sligo in the period between 1899-1904 and several of his works are in private collections in Sligo. He exhibited extensively including at the RHA, RA, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 64 works at the Abbey Gallery, Manchester City Gallery and the Society of Artists, Birmingham and as a far afield as Sydney and Adelaide where the City Art Gallery was an official purchaser.