James Humbert Craig
James Humbert Craig was born in Belfast in 1877, the son of a tea-merchant who had married a Marie Metzenen of Switzerland. Craigs early interest in art may have stemmed from his mothers side, as there was said to have been a painting tradition in her family. He was virtually a self-taught artist and earned popular renown for his impressionistic scenes of Donegal, Antrim and Connemara. His works first appeared at the RHA in 1915, and he was a constant contributor there up until his death, showing 130 works in all. In 1925 he became an associate of the RHA and in 1928 a full member. He was also an academician of the Ulster Academy of Arts. www.whytes.ie Overseas he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1928 and at the Royal Academy in 1935 and 1937. His work has been widely reproduced in the form of lithographic posters and calendars. During the 1930s Craig showed more than 200 paintings with the Fine Art Society in London, preferring the opulent Victorian gallery to that of the stuffier confines of the Royal Academy. Established in 1886, the Society pioneered the concept of the one-man show; Whistler, Seargent and Sickert all exhibited there. He also was represented at the 1932 Olympic art exhibition in Los Angeles. Craig is recorded as having been granted at least three solo exhibitions with the Society in 1933, 1935 and 1937. He was also included in many of their group exhibitions, including the 1928 exhibition of Irish artists in which Paul Henry, E. L. Lawrensen and Crampton Walker were also represented. Craig died in Antrim in 1944. Following his death memorial exhibitions of his work took place in the Municipal Technical College, Derry, Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, Combridge Galleries, Belfast and at the Oriel Gallery, Dublin. Examples of works by James Humbert Craig can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Municipal Gallery and in the Ulster Museum. www.whytes.ie
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'ANTRIM COAST NORTH OF CUSHENDUN'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- oil on panel
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'CATTLE AT HORN HEAD, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- oil on canvas
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'WINTER IN ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- oil on board
- 19Ό x 14½in. (48.90 x 36.83cm)
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'CABBAGE PATCH, DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'THE GLEN BOG, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- oil on canvas
- 20 by 26in., 50.8 by 66.04cm.
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'FAIR HEAD, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'SANDS AT ROCKPORT, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on canvas
- 12 x 17Όin. (30.48 x 43.82cm)
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'GETTING TO BANGOR, COUNTY DOWN'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on canvas board
- 9½ x 13½in. (24.13 x 34.29cm)
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'GETTING TO BANGOR, COUNTY DOWN'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on canvas board
- 9.5 by 13.5in., 24.13 by 34.29cm.
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'COTTAGES BY A LAKE, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- oil on panel
- 28 by 38cm., 11 by 15in.
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'ROSSNOWLAGH COUNTY DOWN'
- Price Realised: 4,444
- Sale: 10 October 2000
- oil on panel
- 29 by 38cm., 11.5 by 15in.
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'DUN RIVER AND CHAPEL'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'FIGURES AND CATTLE ON A COASTAL ROAD, WEST OF IRELAND'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on canvas
- 12 x 17in. (30.48 x 43.18cm)
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'FISHERMEN IN A CURRACH'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- oil on panel
- 23 by 30cm., 9 by 11.7in.
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'BRINGING HOME THE TURF'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 23 February 2015
- oil on board
- 12½ x 17½in. (31Ύ x 44.45cm)
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'SHEEPSHAVEN, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- oil on board
- 12 by 16in., 30 by 40cm.
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'RED BAY CASTLE, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- oil on board
- 30 by 42cm., 12 by 16.5in.
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'EMIGRANTS LEAVING HOME'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- watercolour
- 13 by 22cm., 5.2 by 8.5in.
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'CATTLE GRAZING'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on board
- 15 x 20in. (38.10 x 50.80cm)
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'AFTERNOON LIGHT ON THE DONEGAL COAST'
- Price Realised: 3,428
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- oil on board
- 14 by 19cm., 5.5 by 7.5in.
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'BIRTHPLACE OF DENIS MCGREER, THE CUSHENDUN FIDDLER'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 27 May 2024
- oil on board
- 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
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'LANDSCAPE, 1936'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- oil on board
- 11½ x 16½in. (29.21 x 41.91cm)
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'THROUGH THE TREES'
- Price Realised: 3,301
- Sale: 08 March 2000
- oil on board
- 20 by 29cm., 8 by 11.5in.
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'PORTNABLAGH, COUNTY DONEGAL, 1921'
- Price Realised: 3,100
- Sale: 27 February 2017
- oil on panel
- 14 x 17in. (35.56 x 43.18cm)
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'SPRING, WOODED RIVERSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- oil on board
- 12 by 16in., 30 by 40cm.
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'GHOLLA BRISTHA IN THE ROSSES, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on canvas
- 18 x 24in. (45.72 x 60.96cm)
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'POTATO FIELD, CUSHENDUN, COUNTY ANTRIM, 1915'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on canvas
- 15 x 20in. (38.10 x 50.80cm)
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'AFTER RAIN, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- oil on panel
- 12 x 17in. (30.48 x 43.18cm)