Irish painter (1792-1841)
James Arthur O'Connor (1792 – 7 January 1841) was an Irish painter.
Career
James Arthur O'Connor was born 15 Aston's Quay, Dublin – the son of an engraver and printer, William O'Connor.[1] O'Connor would become a distinguished landscape painter. He was self-taught, receiving just a few lessons from William Sadler. He travelled to London with Francis Danby and George Petrie, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1822. O'Connor visited France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Rhineland. He died poor, in Brompton, London, 7 January 1841.[2] O'Connor was married – his wife's name was Anastatia.[3]
Gallery
View of Irishtown from Sandymount, 1823, Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in, 35.5 x 45.7 cm.
Landscape with a view of Drimnagh Castle, 1821, Oil on canvas, 17½ x 23½ in, 44.4 x 59.7 cm.
Dargle Landscape with a Fisherman, Oil on canvas, 13½ x 18 in, 34 x 46 cm.
List of paintings
The list below contains an incomplete list of his works and gives either the owner (in 1985) or the location of where the original is found today (or both).
References
- ^ Hutchinson, p. 83.
- ^ [1] O'Connor at Ricorso.
- ^ Hutchinson, p. 161.
- ^ Anglesey is also sometimes spelt as Anglesea.
Bibliography
Further reading
- Strickland, Walter G. (1913). A dictionary of Irish artists. Maunsel.
- Bodkin, Thomas (1920). Four Irish landscape painters. Talbot Press.
- Marshall, Catherine (1994). Irish Art Masterpieces. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. p. 66. ISBN 0-88363-295-0.
- "The 'quiet' man of Irish landscape painting". The Irish Times. 4 September 1999.
- "James Arthur O'Connor (1792-1841)". Ulster Museum.
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