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KATHLEEN ISABELLA MACKIE ARUA (1899 - 1996)

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Title: Dawros, County Donegal (1927) Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Provenance: Family of the Artist; Private Collection Exhibited: Belfast Art Society, 1927, No. 10 (Label Verso); 'Retrospective Exhibition', Castle Espie Gallery, Comber, 1985, No. 12 (Label Verso); 'RetrospectiveExhibition', Ulster Museum, Belfast, 26 January - 21 April, 1996, Catalogue No. 10 (Label Verso) Literature: Eamonn Mallie and Paddy Mackie, Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie; The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist, 2009, Catalogue No. 70, Pg. 184 and 185 (full page colour illustration) Framed Lot Description: Kathleen Mackie ARUA (1899–1996), Dawros, Co. Donegal, oil on canvas, signed and dated ’27 lower right. A luminous landscape capturing thatched cottages set on a hillside overlooking Dawros Bay, with distant mountains rising under a dramatic sky. Mackie’s precise brushwork and controlled palette convey the sharp light and stillness of the Donegal coast, while her composition balances architectural charm with the wild beauty of the surrounding land. Framed in a pale grey and gilt wooden frame with cream mount. Image: 49.5 x 59.5 cm.; Framed: 70.5 x 80.5 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 20:34:10 Biography KATHLEEN ISABELLA MACKIE ARUA (1899 - 1996) Kathleen Mackie was a prominent Irish landscape painter and member of the Ulster Academy of Arts. Educated at Belfast College of Art and the Slade School in London, her work reflects a love of rural Ireland—particularly Donegal and the northern coastlines. Known for her crisp light, confident handling of oil, and serene views of land and sea, Mackie exhibited extensively and is represented in major Irish public collections.
Title: Dawros, County Donegal (1927) Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Provenance: Family of the Artist; Private Collection Exhibited: Belfast Art Society, 1927, No. 10 (Label Verso); 'Retrospective Exhibition', Castle Espie Gallery, Comber, 1985, No. 12 (Label Verso); 'RetrospectiveExhibition', Ulster Museum, Belfast, 26 January - 21 April, 1996, Catalogue No. 10 (Label Verso) Literature: Eamonn Mallie and Paddy Mackie, Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie; The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist, 2009, Catalogue No. 70, Pg. 184 and 185 (full page colour illustration) Framed Lot Description: Kathleen Mackie ARUA (1899–1996), Dawros, Co. Donegal, oil on canvas, signed and dated ’27 lower right. A luminous landscape capturing thatched cottages set on a hillside overlooking Dawros Bay, with distant mountains rising under a dramatic sky. Mackie’s precise brushwork and controlled palette convey the sharp light and stillness of the Donegal coast, while her composition balances architectural charm with the wild beauty of the surrounding land. Framed in a pale grey and gilt wooden frame with cream mount. Image: 49.5 x 59.5 cm.; Framed: 70.5 x 80.5 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 20:34:10 Biography KATHLEEN ISABELLA MACKIE ARUA (1899 - 1996) Kathleen Mackie was a prominent Irish landscape painter and member of the Ulster Academy of Arts. Educated at Belfast College of Art and the Slade School in London, her work reflects a love of rural Ireland—particularly Donegal and the northern coastlines. Known for her crisp light, confident handling of oil, and serene views of land and sea, Mackie exhibited extensively and is represented in major Irish public collections.

IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 16th September

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Durrow
Co. Laois
R32 FN88
Ireland

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Tags: Oil on Canvas, Landscape Painting, Landscape, Oil painting