The Fishmarket, Patrick Street
Artist
Walter Frederick Osborne
(1859 - 1903)
Date1893
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions59.7 x 80 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Lane Gift, 1912.
Object number23
DescriptionThe Fishmarket, Patrick Street, a vivid evocation of life in Dublin at the end of the nineteenth century, is one of Osborne’s finest genre scenes. Osborne spent much of his time sketching in the markets area around Patrick Street, in the Liberties area of Dublin. Although the style of this painting is Impressionistic, his eye for detail is evident in the beautifully coloured still-life elements on the fish stall in the foreground. A clothes stall, a meat stall with sides of meat hanging, and a stall with hanging baskets are all clearly visible in the background. Osborne empathised with working people and the figure of the woman, engrossed in her work of gutting fish, is beautifully rendered. He excelled at painting children without being overly sentimental. His depiction of the children gathered here with anticipation around a street food vendor, alongside a mother with a baby in her arms, is a sympathetic and realistic portrayal of street life. On View
Not on viewCollections
Walter Frederick Osborne
John Coussens
Georgina Moutray Kyle
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