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GLADYS MACCABE HRUA ROI FRSA (1918 - 2018)
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Title: Pony Rides on a County Down Beach
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Description: A lively and atmospheric coastal scene by Gladys MacCabe, depicting families and children enjoying pony rides along a sandy beach in County Down. The composition is animated with groups of figures, donkeys, and riders, all set against a luminous shoreline with soft blue skies and distant sea. Executed with the artist’s distinctive loose brushwork and vibrant palette, the work captures both the spontaneity and joy of a day at the seaside. Signed lower right. Image: 27 x 36 cm.; Framed: 50 x 59 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 18:25:50
Biography
GLADYS MACCABE MBE HRUA ROI FRSA (1918 - 2018)
Born in Randalstown, Co. Antrim in 1918, Gladys Maccabe studied at Belfast College of Art while also working as a journalist in fashion and the arts. Alongside her husband, fellow artist Max Maccabe, she exhibited widely, including at the Kensington Art Gallery, London (1949), the Dawson Gallery, Dublin (1949), Belfast Museum and Art Gallery (1958), and the Richie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin (1961). She was also an active member of The Contemporary Ulster Group, which included artists such as Daniel O’Neill, George Campbell, and Gerard Dillon.
In 1957, together with Olive Henry, she founded the Ulster Society of Women Artists, believing that women in Northern Ireland’s art world had not been fully recognised. As the Society’s first president, she oversaw its inaugural major exhibition at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery in 1959.
Maccabe was elected to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1961 and went on to receive a number of accolades, including a gold medal from the Academia Italia delle Arte e del Lavoro (1979), an Honorary MA from Queen’s University Belfast (1980), honorary membership of the Royal Ulster Academy, and an MBE in 2000.
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Title: Pony Rides on a County Down Beach
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Description: A lively and atmospheric coastal scene by Gladys MacCabe, depicting families and children enjoying pony rides along a sandy beach in County Down. The composition is animated with groups of figures, donkeys, and riders, all set against a luminous shoreline with soft blue skies and distant sea. Executed with the artist’s distinctive loose brushwork and vibrant palette, the work captures both the spontaneity and joy of a day at the seaside. Signed lower right. Image: 27 x 36 cm.; Framed: 50 x 59 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 18:25:50
Biography
GLADYS MACCABE MBE HRUA ROI FRSA (1918 - 2018)
Born in Randalstown, Co. Antrim in 1918, Gladys Maccabe studied at Belfast College of Art while also working as a journalist in fashion and the arts. Alongside her husband, fellow artist Max Maccabe, she exhibited widely, including at the Kensington Art Gallery, London (1949), the Dawson Gallery, Dublin (1949), Belfast Museum and Art Gallery (1958), and the Richie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin (1961). She was also an active member of The Contemporary Ulster Group, which included artists such as Daniel O’Neill, George Campbell, and Gerard Dillon.
In 1957, together with Olive Henry, she founded the Ulster Society of Women Artists, believing that women in Northern Ireland’s art world had not been fully recognised. As the Society’s first president, she oversaw its inaugural major exhibition at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery in 1959.
Maccabe was elected to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1961 and went on to receive a number of accolades, including a gold medal from the Academia Italia delle Arte e del Lavoro (1979), an Honorary MA from Queen’s University Belfast (1980), honorary membership of the Royal Ulster Academy, and an MBE in 2000.
IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 16th September
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Lots: 1-263
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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.
