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Seán Keating PRHA, (1889-1977) “Three Women,” c. 1972, approx. 53cms x 69cms (21" x 27"),
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Seán Keating PRHA, (1889-1977) “Three Women,” c. 1972, approx. 53cms x 69cms (21" x 27"), charcoal, with black conté, highlighted with white gouacheAlthough the sitters in this triple portrait by Seán Keating have not been identified, it is likely that they are members of the same family, perhaps a mother and two daughters. The portrait was likely commissioned by people close to the artist, who admired his work and respected his contribution to Irish art in the twentieth century. Another possibility is that the drawing depicts actors from the Abbey Theatre: Keating regularly sketched and painted scenes from Abbey productions, including The Playboy of the Western World, and he also sketched Lennox Robinson directing a play. [Morgan O’Driscoll Dec. 2018]. In addition to this triple portrait, Keating sketched an individual portrait of the central figure (Whytes 2011). Traces of squaring-up remain on the paper, indicating this work was completed in the studio, with the artist working from individual sketches and photographs. Unlike many of his classic images, depicting farming and fishing families of the west of Ireland, with shrewd eyes and weather-beaten faces, the women depicted here radiate a sense of modern urban sophistication, and so this work can perhaps serve as a visual metaphor for Ireland during the twentieth century, when a transition took place from rural life to urban and suburban living. The central figure, a woman perhaps in her twenties, is glamorous, while the figure on the left—perhaps her mother—is older and appears more worldly-wise. Full of Keating’s characteristic expressionist vigour, this triple portrait is more than a sketch: the artist has used conté crayon over rubbed charcoal, suggesting colour in what otherwise would be a monochrome drawing, and has further highlighted the portrait with white gouache.Born in Limerick, John (later Seán) Keating initially studied at the Technical School in that city. Recognising his talent, in 1911 William Orpen arranged a scholarship for the young artist to the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. Keating visited the Aran Islands three years later, where he was inspired by the authenticity and simplicity of island life. The following year provided a complete contrast, where he worked in Orpen’s London studio as an assistant. He tried, unsuccessfully, to convince Orpen to return to Ireland, to document the momentous changes then taking place in society and politics. Keating himself did move back to Dublin, to teach at the Metropolitan School. Over the ensuing years, in a series of portraits and ambitious academic realist canvases, he documented the struggle for political independence. Although the unspoiled Aran Islands provided subject matter for many paintings, Keating also celebrated the industrialisation of the newly emergent Republic. He painted what he saw, and said what he thought, following the Realist tenet that art should not be separated from life. On his own initiative he decided to record the building of the Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Scheme, realising that this massive engineering project would help bring prosperity to Ireland. His interest in progress was further revealed in a mural commissioned for the Irish pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. However, the public on both sides of the Atlantic preferred Keating’s more traditional subject matter. While Keating’s large allegorical works, such as Night’s Candles are Burned Out, are powerful, realist canvases, his watercolours and sketches reveal a delicacy and aesthetic quality similar to that of John Singer Sargent. President of the RHA from 1949-62, Keating was one of the key artists who defined visual culture in Ireland from the early to mid-twentieth century.
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Seán Keating PRHA, (1889-1977) “Three Women,” c. 1972, approx. 53cms x 69cms (21" x 27"), charcoal, with black conté, highlighted with white gouacheAlthough the sitters in this triple portrait by Seán Keating have not been identified, it is likely that they are members of the same family, perhaps a mother and two daughters. The portrait was likely commissioned by people close to the artist, who admired his work and respected his contribution to Irish art in the twentieth century. Another possibility is that the drawing depicts actors from the Abbey Theatre: Keating regularly sketched and painted scenes from Abbey productions, including The Playboy of the Western World, and he also sketched Lennox Robinson directing a play. [Morgan O’Driscoll Dec. 2018]. In addition to this triple portrait, Keating sketched an individual portrait of the central figure (Whytes 2011). Traces of squaring-up remain on the paper, indicating this work was completed in the studio, with the artist working from individual sketches and photographs. Unlike many of his classic images, depicting farming and fishing families of the west of Ireland, with shrewd eyes and weather-beaten faces, the women depicted here radiate a sense of modern urban sophistication, and so this work can perhaps serve as a visual metaphor for Ireland during the twentieth century, when a transition took place from rural life to urban and suburban living. The central figure, a woman perhaps in her twenties, is glamorous, while the figure on the left—perhaps her mother—is older and appears more worldly-wise. Full of Keating’s characteristic expressionist vigour, this triple portrait is more than a sketch: the artist has used conté crayon over rubbed charcoal, suggesting colour in what otherwise would be a monochrome drawing, and has further highlighted the portrait with white gouache.Born in Limerick, John (later Seán) Keating initially studied at the Technical School in that city. Recognising his talent, in 1911 William Orpen arranged a scholarship for the young artist to the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. Keating visited the Aran Islands three years later, where he was inspired by the authenticity and simplicity of island life. The following year provided a complete contrast, where he worked in Orpen’s London studio as an assistant. He tried, unsuccessfully, to convince Orpen to return to Ireland, to document the momentous changes then taking place in society and politics. Keating himself did move back to Dublin, to teach at the Metropolitan School. Over the ensuing years, in a series of portraits and ambitious academic realist canvases, he documented the struggle for political independence. Although the unspoiled Aran Islands provided subject matter for many paintings, Keating also celebrated the industrialisation of the newly emergent Republic. He painted what he saw, and said what he thought, following the Realist tenet that art should not be separated from life. On his own initiative he decided to record the building of the Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Scheme, realising that this massive engineering project would help bring prosperity to Ireland. His interest in progress was further revealed in a mural commissioned for the Irish pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. However, the public on both sides of the Atlantic preferred Keating’s more traditional subject matter. While Keating’s large allegorical works, such as Night’s Candles are Burned Out, are powerful, realist canvases, his watercolours and sketches reveal a delicacy and aesthetic quality similar to that of John Singer Sargent. President of the RHA from 1949-62, Keating was one of the key artists who defined visual culture in Ireland from the early to mid-twentieth century.
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