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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'DONEGAL LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on board
- 15 x 20in. (38.10 x 50.80cm)
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'ABOVE THE GLENVEIGH PASS, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- oil on panel
- 12 x 16½in. (30.48 x 41.91cm)
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'ON THE ANTRIM COAST'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on canvas board
- 12 x 18in. (30.48 x 45.72cm)
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'RURAL SCENE WITH BRIDGE AND CATTLE'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 14 December 2020
- oil on board
- 12 x 17in. (30.48 x 43.18cm)
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'BALLINTOY, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 07 December 2020
- oil on panel
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'GLENARIFF, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- oil on panel
- 11Ύ x 16Ύin. (29.85 x 42.55cm)
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'COUNTY ANTRIM HILLS WITH CATTLE GRAZING'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- oil on board
- 24 by 34cm., 9.5 by 13.5in.
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'TURF CUTTERS'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil on board
- 12 by 16in., 30 by 40cm.
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'ANTRIM COAST TOWARDS CUSHENDUN, 1932'
- Price Realised: 2,285
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- watercolour and gouache on paper
- 25 by 25cm., 10 by 10in.
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'THE ROAD TO MUCKISH GAP'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil on board
- 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
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'CATTLE ON THE LAGAN'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 06 March 2023
- oil on panel
- 11Ύ x 16½in. (29.85 x 41.91cm)
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'THE GWEEBARRA RIVER, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on canvas board
- 12 by 16in., 30.48 by 40.64cm.
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'THE DUN RIVER, CUSHENDUN, COUNTY ANTRIM'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- oil on board
- 11.75 by 16.5in., 30 by 42cm.
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'RIVER AT SUNSET'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- oil on canvas
- 25 by 35cm., 10 by 13.7 5in.
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'BOATS AT KILLYHOEY, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- watercolour
- 28 by 41cm., 11 by 16in.
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'CUSHENDUN FROM THE CORKSCREW ROAD, 1914'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 27 May 2024
- oil on board
- 7½ x 10½in. (19.05 x 26.67cm)
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'RIVER SCENE'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- oil on board
- 8½ x 11½in. (21.59 x 29.21cm)
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'EARLY SPRING'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- oil on board
- 9½ x 11½in. (24.13 x 29.21cm)
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'RIVER AT SUNSET'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 28 November 2011
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 24 by 34cm., 9.5 by 13.5in.
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'GALWAY FISHERFOLK AT LEENANE and DONEGAL LANDSCAPE WITH TURF-STACKS IN FOREGROUND [A PAIR]'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- watercolour
- 11 by 14cm., 4.5 by 5.5in.
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'EVENING, DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- oil on panel
- 7Ύ x 14½in. (19.69 x 36.83cm)
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'RIVER BEND, 1913'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- oil on canvas
- 12 by 16in., 30 by 40cm.
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'BARBLEIGH BURN'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- oil on panel
- 8½ x 14in. (21.59 x 35.56cm)
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'FOREST SCENE'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on panel
- 14½ x 17in. (36.83 x 43.18cm)
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'THE GLENDUN RIVER, COUNTY ANTRIM, 1913'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- oil on board
- 8½ x 11½in. (21.59 x 29.21cm)
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'LOCH ARENA [SIC]'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- oil on canvas board
- 11.25 by 16.25in., 28.125 by 40.625cm.
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'RIVER SCENE WITH COTTAGES AND GORSE'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 07 December 2020
- oil on board
- 12 x 17in. (30.48 x 43.18cm)
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'INA CORMAC'S BRIDGE, CUSHENDUN, COUNTY ANTRIM, c.1925'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- oil on panel
- 11½ x 16½in. (29.21 x 41.91cm)