The Metal Man
Date: c. 1895 Dimensions: 25.5 × 16.5cm Medium: Watercolour Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Purchased by Dawson Gallery, Dublin in 1966 Description: The Metal Man stands on a plinth at the mouth of the harbour at Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. It was erected in Napoleonic times as is evident from its
The Hell Fire Club from Tibradden
Date: 1946 Dimensions: 24.25 × 17.25cm Medium: Watercolour on paper Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Josephine C. Healy Collection, donated by James A. Healy to Sligo Corporation in 1975 Description: This early watercolour shows a view of the hill of Mountpellier, seen from Tibradden in south county Dublin. Visible on the
Old Kitty
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 74 × 62cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by James A. Healy in 1975 (Josephine C. Healy Memorial Collection) Description: Dublin gallery owner Victor Waddington showed Keating’s work from 1925 until 1957. In 1928 possibly because Keating’s work was selling well, Waddington commissioned
William and Mary
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 63 × 55.5cm Medium: Pastel on paper Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by Haverty Trust Description: Keating’s first visit to the Aran Islands in 1914 had a deep impact on his life and art. He concluded that the essence of Irishness resided in the inhabitants of the
Self Portrait
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 49 × 59.25cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by James A Healy, 1975 (Josephine C Healy Memorial Collection) Description: Born in Limerick, Seán Keating attended art classes in the Limerick Technical School before winning a scholarship to the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art.
Turf Gatherer
Date: N.D. Dimensions: 74 × 62cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by James A Healy, 1975 (Josephine C Healy Memorial Collection) Description: As Professor of Painting at the Metropolitan School of Art from 1937–1954, and President of the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1949–1962, Seán Keating exerted