Paul Henry (Ireland, 1876-1958)

 

 Showery Day, Connemara

Oil on canvasboard, 10 x 12 in.

Turf stacks in the west (c. 1935)

oil on canvas 40.6 x 61 cm

Paul Henry was an Irish painter known for his landscape paintings of the west of Ireland. He was born in 1876 in Belfast, Northern Ireland and studied art at the Belfast School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Henry was a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Ulster Academy, and exhibited his work widely in Ireland and England. His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland and the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Henry's paintings are known for their loose, expressive brushwork and their subtle, muted colors, and he often depicted the rugged, dramatic landscapes of the west of Ireland. He died in 1958 at the age of 81.