Estella Frances Solomons
Estella Francis Solomons studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and the Chelsea School of Art. She studied under Walter Osborne and William Orpen along side Eva Hamilton, William Leech and Mary Swanzy. She was born into a prominent Jewish family in Dublin and was active in the revolutionary movement as a member of Cumann na mBan. Solomons became an associate of the RHA in 1925 and was finally made an honorary member in 1966. She was a prominent printmaker, landscape painter and portraitist. whytes.ie Solomons married the poet Seumus O'Sullivan in 1926 and supported The Dublin Magazine, a literary publication of which he was the editor. As a portrait painter Solomons had notable sitters, including artist Jack Yeats,, poet Austin Clarke, and writers James Stephens and George Russell (AE) as well as the politician Arthur Griffiths. Works of Solomons are held in the Niland Collection, at The Model, Sligo and the National Gallery of Ireland.
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'TWENTY ETCHINGS, MEMORIAL EDITION, 1973'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- etching; (20) (no. 8 from an edition of 50)
- 7Ύ x 10in. (19.69 x 25.40cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF SEAMUS O'SULLIVAN'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- oil on canvas
- 24 x 18in. (60.96 x 45.72cm)
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'IAR CHIARRAIGHE, 1949'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- oil on board
- 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)
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'COTTAGES IN HILLS - AN OIL SKETCH'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- oil on canvas board
- 25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in.
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'FOLIO OF ETCHINGS (20)'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5in.
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'OLD CLOTHES SHOP NEAR CHRISTCHURCH, WINETAVERN STREET, THE QUAYS AT SOUTH WALL WITH BOATS and ON THE CANAL AT HERBERT PLACE (4)'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 13 by 18cm., 5 by 7in.
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'EIGHTERCUA STONE ROW, COUNTY KERRY'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- oil on board
- 10 x 13Όin. (25.40 x 33.66cm)
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'LANDSCAPE, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 17 February 2020
- oil on canvas
- 13 x 19in. (33.02 x 48.26cm)
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'NIGHT IN ACHILL, 1916'
- Price Realised: 660
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- etching
- 4 x 7½in. (10.16 x 19.05cm)
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'DONEGAL LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 660
- Sale: 29 September 2014
- oil on board
- 12.25 by 15.5in., 30.625 by 38.75cm.
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'TREES IN A LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- oil on board
- 10 x 13in. (25.40 x 33.02cm)
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'COTTAGE AT THE COAST'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'CASTLEGREGORY, COUNTY KERRY'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- oil on board
- 9½ x 13½in. (24.13 x 34.29cm)
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'EDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 1911'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil on board
- 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
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'PRO CATHEDRAL IN MARLBOROUGH STREET, VIEW TOWARDS CHRISTCHURCH, CARLISLE COURT and SAILOR AND QUAYS'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- etchings on cream wove paper (4)
- 15 by 10cm., 6 by 4in.
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'THE ROSSES, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- oil on board
- 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
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'WOMAN AT TABLE, SEATED MODEL and DUBLIN SHOP (3)'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 6 by 10cm., 2.5 by 3.75in.
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'PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY'
- Price Realised: 520
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- oil on canvas
- 11 x 10in. (27.94 x 25.40cm)
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'COASTAL LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 13 December 2021
- oil on board
- 9½ x 11½in. (24.13 x 29.21cm)
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'GEORGIAN DOORWAY, THE BRAZEN HEAD and THE MERCHANT TAILORS' ARCH (3)'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 17 by 13cm., 6.75 by 5in.
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'MARSH'S LIBRARY (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 450
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- etchings on cream wove paper
- 19 by 14cm., 7.5 by 5.5in.
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'THE ROSSES, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- oil on board
- 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
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'THE GOVERNESS'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- oil on canvas
- 19 x 15in. (48.26 x 38.10cm)
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'THE BRAZEN HEAD, DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- etching (no. 27 from an edition of 50)
- 15 by 10cm., 6 by 4in.
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'PEAR TREES'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- etching; (no. 2 from an edition of 3)
- 4Ύ x 6Ύin. (12.07 x 17.15cm)
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'RURAL SCENE WITH SHEEP'
- Price Realised: 190
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- etching
- 3Ύ x 5Όin. (9.53 x 13.34cm)