Fine Arts
Irish artists with the French connection under the hammer at Sotheby’s Paris
Works by eminent artists such as Roderic O’Connor, William Orpen and Jack B Yeats feature in the sale this week which celebrates the long-standing cultural connections between Ireland and France
Irish art takes centre stage at Sotheby’s Paris this coming week. The 50-lot auction of paintings, drawings and sculpture by leading artists closes on May 10 and marks the second year that the dedicated sale takes place in Paris, intended to celebrate the long-standing cultural connections between Ireland and France.
We begin our cook’s tour of the sale with Roderic O’Conor, who arrived in Paris in the early 1880s where he studied under Charles Auguste ...
