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KENNETH WEBB RWS FRSA RUA (B. 1927)
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Title: Homeward Bound
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Lot Description: Kenneth Webb RUA (b.1927), Homeward Bound, oil on board, signed lower left. A vibrant and emotive composition featuring two figures and two donkeys silhouetted against a glowing sky, making their way along a ridge above a richly textured foreground of wildflowers. Painted in Webb’s signature style—combining pointillist-inspired brushwork and vivid colour—the piece evokes a deeply romanticised vision of rural Ireland, full of movement, memory, and spiritual warmth. Presented in a white and gilt frame with slip.
Image: 45 x 24 cm.; Framed: 66.5 x 46 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 18:14:10
Biography
KENNETH WEBB RWS FRSA RUA (B. 1927)
Kenneth Webb is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed contemporary painters, celebrated for his exuberant use of colour and his lifelong fascination with nature, particularly the Connemara landscape. A founding member of the Irish School of Landscape Painting, Webb’s expressive and highly decorative style has earned him wide recognition and an enthusiastic following among collectors. His works are held in numerous public and private collections across Ireland and internationally.
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Title: Homeward Bound
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Lot Description: Kenneth Webb RUA (b.1927), Homeward Bound, oil on board, signed lower left. A vibrant and emotive composition featuring two figures and two donkeys silhouetted against a glowing sky, making their way along a ridge above a richly textured foreground of wildflowers. Painted in Webb’s signature style—combining pointillist-inspired brushwork and vivid colour—the piece evokes a deeply romanticised vision of rural Ireland, full of movement, memory, and spiritual warmth. Presented in a white and gilt frame with slip.
Image: 45 x 24 cm.; Framed: 66.5 x 46 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 18:14:10
Biography
KENNETH WEBB RWS FRSA RUA (B. 1927)
Kenneth Webb is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed contemporary painters, celebrated for his exuberant use of colour and his lifelong fascination with nature, particularly the Connemara landscape. A founding member of the Irish School of Landscape Painting, Webb’s expressive and highly decorative style has earned him wide recognition and an enthusiastic following among collectors. His works are held in numerous public and private collections across Ireland and internationally.
IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 16th September
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Lots: 1-263
Venue Address
The Square
Durrow
Co. Laois
R32 FN88
Ireland
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Sheppard’s are pleased to present this auction of Important Irish Art. The sale includes major works of art by Daniel O’Neill, Willliam Ashford, Frank McKelvey, Grace Henry, Sean Keating, Sean McSweeney, James Humbert Craig, Sir William Orpen, Gerard Dillon, Augustus Burke, Harry Kernoff, Paul Sandby, John Henry Foley, Peter Curling, Graham Knuttel, Donald Teskey, Jean Dufy, John Behan, Rory Breslin, Siobhan Bulfin and many more.
