Untitled.
Untitled. The painting depicts two gable ends of a stone-built, slate-clad house, partly obscured by hollyhocks and other county-garden type flowers. The house is believed to be Ballydowney House, Killarney. Part of a grass verge is visible at bottom left, bordered on the right by a pathway. Dated 1898 at lower right corner.
Artist: Richard Henry Albert Willis was born in Dingle, Co. Kerry in July 1853. He moved to Cork as a child and was apprenticed there, c. 1869, to architect Arthur Hill. Willis attended Cork School of Art as well as the National Art Training School in South Kensington, London. Between 1882 and 1892 Willis held the post of Headmaster of Manchester School of Art. Willis exhibited at the Royal Academy London from 1882 to 1899. He died in 1905 and is buried in Rathcormac, Co. Cork.
Oils on Canvas
122 x 94 cm
Framed: 155 x 130 cm