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Woman in Train on Way to Market, Glens of Antrim
Woman in Train on Way to Market, Glens of Antrim

Woman in Train on Way to Market, Glens of Antrim

Artist (1868 - 1953)
Date1920s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions45.7 × 42.6 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Purchased, 2022. © The Estate of Grace Henry.
Object number2146
DescriptionGrace Henry was born in Scotland in 1868 and studied art in Brussels and Paris, where she met Paul Henry in 1900, whom she later married. A holiday to Achill Island Co. Mayo in 1910 prompted their move to the West of Ireland where she found a rich source of subject matter, such as Evening, Achill, also in the collection. Returning to Dublin in 1920 they co-founded the Society of Dublin Painters, which became synonymous with the avant-garde in Ireland. During the 1920s and 30s she travelled extensively around Italy and France, studying under André Lhote in Paris. In 1949 she was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
Henry is recognised for her paintings of the inhabitants of rural Ireland. The expressive brushwork in 'Woman in Train on Way to Market, Glens of Antrim' is also markedly different to other works in the collection, evidence of her ongoing experimentation with colour and form.
On View
Not on view
The Girl in White
Grace Henry
c. 1910-1912
Evening, Achill
Grace Henry
c. 1912-19
Lakeside Cottages
Paul Henry
c. 1929
Waiting to go on the Canal
Camille Souter
1968
The Ninth Hour
Mainie Jellett
1941
Abstract
Evie Sydney Hone
1925-1930
Composition
Evie Sydney Hone
Composition
Mainie Jellett
1930
Compostion (Pochoir)
Albert Gleizes
1928
Still Life
May Guinness
c. 1925-1930
William Cosgrave
Sir John Lavery
1923