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PAULINE BEWICK RHA (1935 - 2022)

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Title: South Seas Medium: Watercolour and Ink Signature: Signed Provenance: Private Collection Framed Lot Description: A mixed media work by Pauline Bewick, titled South Seas. This evocative piece features a hand-drawn island seascape accompanied by handwritten narrative text reflecting on travel and observation, paired with an affixed commemorative Samoan stamp titled Australian Bi-Centenary: Explorers of the Pacific. The work blends Bewick’s whimsical style with personal reflection, travel, and historical reference, capturing her unique artistic voice. Signed within the composition and mounted in a white painted frame. Image: 21.5 x 17 cm. (approx.); Framed: 41 x 36.5 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 18:16:40 Biography PAULINE BEWICK RHA (1935 - 2022) Pauline Bewick was one of Ireland’s most celebrated contemporary artists, known for her vibrant, uninhibited style and prolific output across painting, drawing, sculpture, and tapestry. Her work often explores themes of womanhood, freedom, and mythology. Bewick created a large body of work throughout her life, including the acclaimed Seven Ages series, and is represented in major Irish collections such as the National Gallery of Ireland and the Hunt Museum.
Title: South Seas Medium: Watercolour and Ink Signature: Signed Provenance: Private Collection Framed Lot Description: A mixed media work by Pauline Bewick, titled South Seas. This evocative piece features a hand-drawn island seascape accompanied by handwritten narrative text reflecting on travel and observation, paired with an affixed commemorative Samoan stamp titled Australian Bi-Centenary: Explorers of the Pacific. The work blends Bewick’s whimsical style with personal reflection, travel, and historical reference, capturing her unique artistic voice. Signed within the composition and mounted in a white painted frame. Image: 21.5 x 17 cm. (approx.); Framed: 41 x 36.5 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 18:16:40 Biography PAULINE BEWICK RHA (1935 - 2022) Pauline Bewick was one of Ireland’s most celebrated contemporary artists, known for her vibrant, uninhibited style and prolific output across painting, drawing, sculpture, and tapestry. Her work often explores themes of womanhood, freedom, and mythology. Bewick created a large body of work throughout her life, including the acclaimed Seven Ages series, and is represented in major Irish collections such as the National Gallery of Ireland and the Hunt Museum.

IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 16th September

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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. 

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