Live Auction 6437THE IRISH SALE
Hugh C. Monahan (1914-1970)
Lot 132

Hugh C. Monahan (1914-1970)

Pintail, Lough Gara, Co. Sligo (illustrated); and Greylags, Lough Gara

Price Realised

GBP 5,287

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Hugh C. Monahan (1914-1970)
Pintail, Lough Gara, Co. Sligo (illustrated); and Greylags, Lough Gara
the first signed and dated 'H MONAHAN/1947' (lower right) and signed again and inscribed 'Pintail, Lough Gara/by/Hugh Monahan' (on a label attached to the frame); the second signed and dated 'H MONAHAN/1948' (lower right) and signed again and inscribed 'Greylags Lough Gara/by/Hugh Monahan' (on a label attached to the frame)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
a pair (2)

with Rowland Ward, London.

Specialist note

Born in Dublin, Monahan studied at Pembroke College Cambridge and then after a short period in the army at the Slade School of Art, London. He served as President of the Wildfowler's Association of Great Britain and Ireland from 1953 until 1956 when he and his family left England to settle in British Columbia. He died on 23 November 1970 from a heart attack, having left his home in Vancouver that morning to go duck shooting.