Letitia Marion Hamilton Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Letitia Marion Hamilton Art Value Price Guide

May. 27, 2026
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Dalkey Island, Coliemore Harbour Oil on board, 20 x 25cm (7¾ x 9¾) Signed with initials; also signed and inscribed verso
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Dalkey Island, Coliemore Harbour Oil on board, 20 x 25cm (7¾ x 9¾) Signed with initials; also signed and inscribed verso
Adam's
May. 25, 2026
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) GONDOLAS ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) GONDOLAS ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE oil on canvas signed with initials lower right h:19.75 w:23.75 in. Provenance: Family of the artist
Whyte's
May. 25, 2026
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) VIEW OF SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE FROM THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) VIEW OF SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE FROM THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE oil on canvas signed with initials lower right h:20.50 w:26 in. Provenance: Family of the artist With an oil sketch of a forest scene on reverse. Born at Hamwood Estate, Co. Meath, Letitia Hamilton came from a family of pioneering female artists. Her great-grandmother Caroline Hamilton (1771-1861) was a celebrated artist, as was her sister Eva (1876-1960) and cousin, watercolourist Rose Barton RWS (1856-1929). She studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin under William Orpen and abroad in Belgium and London, encountering Impressionism for the first time in northern France in 1910. She was a prolific painter exhibiting more than 200 paintings at the RHA, of which she became a member in 1943, and a similar number at the Watercolour Society of Ireland (WCSI) over a 60-year period. In 1920 she was a founding member of the Society of Dublin Painters - a forum where more experimental artists could show their work - alongside Paul and Grace Henry, Mary Swanzy, Jack Butler Yeats and others. By this time matters of light and shade and a preoccupation with texture are trademarks of her work. Letitia Hamilton travelled to Venice for the first time in the autumn of 1923 and during the 1930s made regular visits to that city, Florence, Siena and the northern Italian lakes.[1] In his text, Eva, Letitia and The Hamilton Sisters: Class, Gender and Art, author Stephen Odlum notes that during this period Letitia travelled with her sister Eva and the artist Ada Longfield of Longfield House, Cork, who offered to share her apartment and studio in Venice with them. Odlum writes that Letitia owned her own gondola, which she used as a floating studio, and that the Hamilton scrapbooks from Hamwood (c.1907-1960) had "...a number of pages of photographs and postcards of the city that served as inspiration for her paintings of that location."[2] A large number of paintings (54 in total) both in oil and watercolour by Letitia and Eva were exhibited under the general title 'Venice' in an exhibition in 1924 at the St. Stephen's Green Gallery, Dublin however the inclusion of either of the present examples in this particular show cannot be confirmed. Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known as La Salute, is a minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice. Letitia Hamilton's view of the Salute (lot 32) follows in the footsteps of artists Canaletto, Guardi, Turner and Singer Sargent all of whom captured this iconic view of the floating city. The cut-off composition of the painting gives a sense of immediacy to the scene with vessels both entering and exiting the foreground. Hamilton's lived experience of the city can be felt in its detail; the huddled trio of tanned fisherman, the inclusion of the boat's name and, in the other vessel, where a man hunches over, absorbed in his task. The first example of a Venetian scene exhibited by Hamilton with the WCSI was in 1926, titled Salute, Venice (no. 144, priced £8-8-0). Gondolas on the Grand Canal, Venice (lot 33) depicts the steps of a gondola boarding point where four boats are stationed. One is manned by a gondolier dressed in traditional straw hat and red neckerchief standing on the stern of the boat facing the bow. Hamilton uses a dark outline here to 'push forward' the vessels within the composition and draws attention to their ornate features; the férro (detailing at the front of the boat) and the fórcolas (carved wooden rests or oarlocks). The belfry and spire of St Mark's Campanile - the tallest structure in Venice - punctuates the pale skyline while the dark lamppost on the quayside adds balance to the composition. Both lots have the desirable provenance of coming from the collection of the artist's family. Adelle Hughes April 2026 ________________________________________ [1] Odlum, Stephen, Eva, Letitia and the Hamilton Sisters - Class, Gender and Art, Zest Publications, 2020, p.52 [2] Ibid.
Whyte's
May. 21, 2026
§ Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964) Rowing boat on the banks of a lake oil on board 11.5 x 16.5cm
Cheffins
May. 21, 2026
§ Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
§ Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964) Lough Carra signed with initials (lower right); further inscribed and dated 1943 to the reverse oil on board 29 x 39.5cm
Cheffins
Mar. 25, 2026
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) An Irish Point to Point Oil on board, 20 x 26cm (7¾ x 10¼'') Signed with initials; also signed and inscribed verso Provenance: Sale, T.P. Adams (Blackrock), 12/12/2013, lot 373 Exhibited: Dublin, Ada
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) An Irish Point to Point Oil on board, 20 x 26cm (7¾ x 10¼'') Signed with initials; also signed and inscribed verso Provenance: Sale, T.P. Adams (Blackrock), 12/12/2013, lot 373 Exhibited: Dublin, Adam’s Summer Loan Exhibition, ‘Irish Women Artists 1870-1970’, July 2014 travelling to The Ava Gallery, Clandeboye, Co Down, Aug/Sept 2014. Literature: ‘Irish Women Artists 1870-1970’, Adam’s, Dublin, illus. p.83
Adam's
Mar. 13, 2026
Letitia Marion Hamilton, 1878-1964, Autumnal Lakescape, Oil on Canvas
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton 1878-1964 Autumnal Lakescape Oil on Canvas Signed l.l. "LMH"
Nye & Company
Feb. 24, 2026
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON RHA (1878-1964)
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
Title: The Monastery Wall Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Provenance: Hamilton Osborne King, 30 May, 2005, Lot 65, Where acquired by the present owner Framed PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 24th February 2026 18:15:36
Sheppards
Dec. 18, 2025
‡ LETITIA MARION HAMILTON RHA (IRISH 1878-1964) DONEGAL MOUNTAINS
Est: £500 - £700
‡ LETITIA MARION HAMILTON RHA (IRISH 1878-1964) DONEGAL MOUNTAINS Signed with initials Oil on board (30cm x 39cm)
Elstob Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2025
λ LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (IRISH 1878-1964), COTTAGES BY THE SEA, CONNEMARA
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
λ LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (IRISH 1878-1964) COTTAGES BY THE SEA, CONNEMARAOil on canvasSigned with initials (lower right)43 x 48cm (16¾ x 18¾ in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 29, 2025
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) MEMBERS OF THE TIPPERARY FOXHOUNDS FORD THE RIVER CLASHAWLEY
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) MEMBERS OF THE TIPPERARY FOXHOUNDS FORD THE RIVER CLASHAWLEY oil on canvas board titled on Dawson Gallery label on reverse h:10 w:8 in. Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Private collection Letitia Hamilton, known as May to her family and friends, was born at Hamwood, Co. Meath. Described by Hilary Pyle as a typical ‘horse Protestant’, she enjoyed a privileged start in life: educated at Alexandra College. She studied art under William Orpen at the Dublin Metropolitan School, partly, no doubt, through the influence of her elder cousin Rose Barton, then an established professional artist. In Belgium she studied with Sir Frank Brangwyn; further study ensued at the Slade in London. She began exhibiting with the WCSI in 1902, showing mostly garden scenes in the manner of Mildred Anne Butler, a family friend. In 1910 she painted in northern France, and is thought to have then encountered the work of the Impressionists. Certainly by 1920, at which time she was a founding member of the Dublin Painters Society, her work reveals an interest in matters of light and shade, and a painterly concern for texture. This was to increase over following years, leading to her mature trademark style of chalky pastel colours applied in thick impasto. Her first recorded visit to the West of Ireland was in 1922, when she took a house in Sligo in order to paint. In 1929 she first showed a Connemara landscape at the RHA, but it was not until 1942 that Roundstone began to figure among her painting subjects. In that year she exhibited three Roundstone scenes at the RHA and further works followed every year or two thereafter throughout the forties and fifties. Her final Roundstone subject was exhibited at the RHA the year before her death.
Whyte's
May. 28, 2025
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) The Achill Woman Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 16'') Signed with initials; inscribed in the artist's hand on paper label verso Provenance: The Artist's Family, by descent
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) The Achill Woman Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 16'') Signed with initials; inscribed in the artist's hand on paper label verso Provenance: The Artist's Family, by descent
Adam's
May. 28, 2025
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Coastal Scene, West of Ireland Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 16'') Signed with initials, lower right Provenance: The Artist's Family, by descent
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Coastal Scene, West of Ireland Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 16'') Signed with initials, lower right Provenance: The Artist's Family, by descent
Adam's
May. 26, 2025
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) HILL FAIR AT ACHILL ISLAND
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) HILL FAIR AT ACHILL ISLAND oil on canvas signed lower right; titled on label on reverse h:20.25 w:26.50 in. Provenance: Denis Drum Auctioneers, Malahide, Co. Dublin,17 October 2002; Whence purchased by the present owner Born at Hamwood Estate Co. Meath, Letitia Hamilton came from a family of pioneering female artists, her great-grandmother Caroline Hamilton (1771-1861) was a celebrated artist, as was her sister Eva (1876-1960) and cousin, watercolourist Rose Barton RWS (1856-1929). She studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin under William Orpen and abroad in Belgium and London encountering Impressionism for the first time in northern France in 1910. She was a prolific painter exhibiting more than 200 paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) of which she became a member in 1943 and a similar number at the Watercolour Society of Ireland (WCSI) over a 60 year period. In 1920 she was a founding member of the Society of Dublin Painters - a forum where more experimental artists could show their work - alongside Paul and Grace Henry, Mary Swanzy, Jack Butler Yeats and others. Hamilton's first encounters with the west of Ireland came in her early forties and can be traced to 1922 when she visited Sligo (1), "...[p]ossibly living together with [her sister] Eva who was based there temporarily...Trips to Kerry, Connemara, Achill and Slieve Donard followed."(2) In 1929 she first showed a Connemara landscape at the RHA and with travel to continental Europe too dangerous during the years of WWII, Roundstone and the west played a more significant role in her work. Group scenes were a constant source of inspiration to Hamilton whether at home or abroad. Examples of flower markets from Amsterdam to Dubrovnik, market days in Monasterevin or Mitchelstown and fairs in Roundstone, Clifden, Castlepollard or Portarlington among many others can all be found in her oeuvre. She was adept at capturing the hustle and bustle of such occasions and the characters who attended them. In Hill Fair at Achill Island the viewer joins the busy scene entering on an uneven path between two large limestone rocks behind an animal that appears to be laden with wares. To the right foreground a black horse with a white blaze stands quietly apart. Hamilton's work regularly features horses and hunts and her familiarity with this subject can be felt here. To the centre of the composition men and women interact with each other and particular attention is paid to their clothing. The men are dressed in shades of grey or brown with their heads covered by flat caps. The women inject the canvas with colour and pattern and recall Paul Henry's description of Achill islanders in his autobiography An Irish Portrait, "The women's dresses always supplied a rich note of colour; most of them wore flannel homespun. This coarse material dyed vermilion, after wear and weather and washing, turned a variety of tones... Some of the more coquettish stitched a band of black velvet an inch or two from the ground, or sewed black velvet diamonds round the edge." (3) In Hill Fair at Achill Island Hamilton balances the reds and blues in the composition by adding accents of pinks, mauves and purples elsewhere in the canvas, hues that recall the chalky pastel shades of her Venetian paintings and draw the eye from the rocks in the foreground through to the mountains and the sky beyond. Adelle Hughes April 2025 Footnotes: 1 Hamilton must have visited county Mayo c.1919 as the WCSI Index of Exhibitors records Hollymount, Co. Mayo (WCSI, no. 134, £5-5-0) 2 Odlum, Stephen, Eva, Letitia and the Hamilton Sisters - Class, Gender and Art, Zest Publications, 2020, p.73 3 Henry, Paul, An Irish Portrait, The Autobiography of Paul Henry, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951, p.51
Whyte's
Apr. 05, 2025
LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING BY LETITIA MARION HAMILTON
Est: $100 - $150
Letitia Marion Hamilton, Irish, 1878 to 1964, an oil painting on canvas depicting an autumn forest landscape. Signed with initials, lower left. Framed. Additionally inscribed on the back side. Letitia Marion Hamilton was an Irish landscape artist and an Olympic bronze medalist. She studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and in Belgium under Frank William Brangwyn. In 1948, Hamilton became the last woman to win a bronze medal in the art competitions at the London Olympic Games. Examples of Hamiltons work are held in various collections, including the Hugh Lane Gallery, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Crawford Art Gallery, Ulster Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, and Waterford Art Gallery. Irish Landscape Art and Fine Art Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 03, 2025
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) MEMBERS OF THE TIPPERARY FOXHOUNDS FORD THE RIVER CLASHAWLEY
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) MEMBERS OF THE TIPPERARY FOXHOUNDS FORD THE RIVER CLASHAWLEY oil on canvas board titled on Dawson Gallery label on reverse h:10 w:8 in. Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Private collection
Whyte's
Jan. 04, 2025
LETITIA HAMILTON IRISH LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
Letitia Marion Hamilton, 1878 to 1964, Irish, oil on canvas landscape painting. Signed lower left. Framed. Inscribed on the back side. Letitia Marion Hamilton was an Irish landscape artist and an Olympic bronze medalist. She studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and in Belgium under Frank William Brangwyn. In 1948, Hamilton became the last woman to win a bronze medal in the art competitions at the London Olympic Games. Examples of Hamiltons work are held in various collections, including the Hugh Lane Gallery, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Crawford Art Gallery, Ulster Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, and Waterford Art Gallery. Irish Landscape Art and Fine Art Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Dec. 02, 2024
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) RAINBOW AND COTTAGES
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) RAINBOW AND COTTAGES oil on board signed with initials lower right h:6.50 w:8.75 in.
Whyte's
Dec. 02, 2024
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) HUNTING SCENE
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) HUNTING SCENE oil on board h:8.50 w:10.50 in.
Whyte's
Nov. 26, 2024
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (1878-1964)
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
'The Monastery Wall’ South of France. Signed. Framed. Provenance: Hamilton Osborne King, lot number 66, May 2005. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 26th November 2024 Approximate Time 10:24:56
Sheppards
Oct. 08, 2024
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON, RHA, IRISH 1878-1964, POLO, Oil on canvasboard, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.), Frame: 14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6 cm.)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON, RHA IRISH, 1878-1964 POLO Oil on canvasboard Lower right initialed: LMH; verso gallery label: The Dawson Gallery, Dublin Catalogue note: Letitia Hamilton studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art under William Orpen before continuing her studies at the Slade School of Art in London with Frank Brangwyn. She exhibited annually at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1909, eventually becoming a member in 1944. Hamilton also exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Goupil Gallery, Walker Gallery, Royal Society of British Artist's and Scottish Society of Women Artist's in Edinburgh; and she was a founding member of the Society of Dublin Painters. Hamilton had three solo exhibitions at the Dawson Gallery in Dublin; the last one being the year before her death in 1963.
Potomack Company
Jul. 16, 2024
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (1878-1964)
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
The Monastery Wall’ South of France. Signed. Framed. Provenance: Hamilton Osborne King, lot number 66, May 2005. Image size: 14 x 20 cm.; framed: 30 x 36 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS 12:48:25
Sheppards
Jul. 16, 2024
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (1878-1964)
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
On the Liffey. Signed. Framed. Provenance: Hamilton Osborne King, lot number 65, May 2005. Image size: 18 x 24 cm.; framed: 32 x 39 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS 11:30:18
Sheppards
May. 29, 2024
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878 - 1964) Voyage of St Columba, Derry to Iona (1963) Watercolour, 19 x 24cm (7½ x 9½) Signed with initials Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist and hence by descent
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878 - 1964) Voyage of St Columba, Derry to Iona (1963) Watercolour, 19 x 24cm (7½ x 9½) Signed with initials Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist and hence by descent
Adam's
May. 27, 2024
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) CANAL SCENE, VENICE
Est: €1,800 - €2,200
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) CANAL SCENE, VENICE watercolour signed with initials lower left h:14.50 w:17 in.
Whyte's
Mar. 27, 2024
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878 - 1964) The Harbour, Roundstone, with the Twelve Pins Oil on canvas, 50 x 61cm (19¾ x 24'') Signed with initials Provenance: With the Dawson Gallery, Dublin: Collection Fr. F.F. Hayes; Private Collection
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878 - 1964) The Harbour, Roundstone, with the Twelve Pins Oil on canvas, 50 x 61cm (19¾ x 24'') Signed with initials Provenance: With the Dawson Gallery, Dublin: Collection Fr. F.F. Hayes; Private Collection
Adam's
Mar. 11, 2024
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) THORN TREE, LOUGH MASK
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) THORN TREE, LOUGH MASK oil on board signed with initials lower right; titled on Beaux Arts Gallery [London] label on reverse h:12 w:16 in. Provenance: The Angus MacDonald Collection of Ceramics and Irish Paintings and Drawings, Christie's, Templepatrick, 9 December 1993, lot 461; Private collection
Whyte's
Dec. 13, 2023
LMH - Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964) attrib - Figure in a wooded grove, oil on canvas, signed w
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
LMH - Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964) attrib - Figure in a wooded grove, oil on canvas, signed with initials lower left and L H Hamilton to reverse, 42 x 52 cm
Andrew Smith & Son
Dec. 06, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Kilkee, Co. Clare Oil on board, 30 x 40cm (11¾ x 15¾) Signed with initials indistinctly; Signed and inscribed verso Provenance: Collection of Sir Basil Goulding; given by Sir Basil and Lady Goulding to B
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Kilkee, Co. Clare Oil on board, 30 x 40cm (11¾ x 15¾) Signed with initials indistinctly; Signed and inscribed verso Provenance: Collection of Sir Basil Goulding; given by Sir Basil and Lady Goulding to Barbara McGuire (daughter of Senator E.A. McGuire and owner of Brown Thomas) on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. Richard Corballis in October 1952.
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) THE LIFFEY AT CELBRIDGE, COUNTY KILDARE
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) THE LIFFEY AT CELBRIDGE, COUNTY KILDARE oil on canvas signed with initials lower left; titled on artist's label on reverse h:20 w:24 in.
Whyte's
Dec. 04, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) IRELAND'S EYE, COUNTY DUBLIN
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) IRELAND'S EYE, COUNTY DUBLIN oil on board signed with initials lower left; titled on Dawson Gallery label on reverse h:5.25 w:7.25 in. Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Private collection; Adam's, 13 December 2000, ex lot 67; Private collection; Adam's, 28 May 2003, ex lot 132; Apollo Gallery, Dublin, 2008; Private collection
Whyte's
Dec. 04, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) SIR GEORGE BROOKE - MASTER OF THE KILDARE HOUNDS
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) SIR GEORGE BROOKE - MASTER OF THE KILDARE HOUNDS oil on board signed with initials lower right; with Dawson Gallery label and original Dawson Gallery receipt on reverse h:12 w:16 in. Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin, 1963; Collection of C. F. Smith Esq.; Private collection
Whyte's
Nov. 11, 2023
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (LMH) IRISH 1878-1964
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Forest Interior, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in (61 x 91.4), framed 30 x 36 in , (76.x 91.4 x cm) signed lower right and signed additionally verso, PROVENANCE: Private collection Long Island
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Oct. 25, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton; Irish 1878-1964; Coastal Cottages
Est: R40,000 - R60,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton Irish 1878-1964 Coastal Cottages signed with the artist's initials; inscribed with the artist's name and indistinctly titled on the reverse oil on canvas 32 by 45,5cm excluding frame; 44,5 by 58 by 4,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Oct. 02, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) FAIR DAY, DUNBOYNE, COUNTY MEATH, c. 1910
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) FAIR DAY, DUNBOYNE, COUNTY MEATH, c. 1910 oil on canvas indistinctly signed lower right h:16 w:18 in. Letitia Hamilton, known as May to her family and friends, was born at Hamwood House, near Dunboyne Co. Meath and was the younger sister of Eva H. Hamilton and a cousin of Rose Barton. Described by Hilary Pyle as a typical 'horse Protestant', she enjoyed a privileged start in life: educated at Alexandra College. She studied art under Orpen at the Dublin Metropolitan School, partly, no doubt, through the influence of her elder cousin Rose, then an established professional artist. In Belgium she studied with Sir Frank Brangwyn; further study ensued at the Slade in London. She began exhibiting with the Watercolour Society of Ireland in 1902, showing mostly garden scenes in the manner of Mildred Anne Butler, a family friend. Hamilton showed her first painting at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1909 rarely missing an exhibition there for the rest of her life. In 1910 she painted in northern France and is thought to have then encountered the work of the Impressionists. She was a founder member of the Society of Dublin Painters in 1920. Her first recorded visit to the West of Ireland was in 1922, when she took a house in Sligo in order to paint. In 1929 she first showed a Connemara landscape at the RHA, but it was not until 1942 that Roundstone began to figure among her painting subjects. In that year she exhibited three Roundstone scenes at the RHA and further works followed every year or two thereafter throughout the forties and fifties. She held an exhibition with her sister in 1924 in Dublin showing scenes of Venice where she was later to have a studio. She travelled extensively and was rather unusual as an artist-traveller in the fact that she rarely used pencil or watercolour or any other light, easily transportable media, opting instead for the more cumbersome canvas and oil paint. In her later work she used an increasingly thick impasto applying the paint with a palette knife. She was appointed an associate of the RHA in 1934 becoming a full member ten years later.
Whyte's
Sep. 27, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) The Monastery, Valdemora Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 60.5cm (21¾ x 23¾) Signed with initials
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) The Monastery, Valdemora Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 60.5cm (21¾ x 23¾) Signed with initials
Adam's
Aug. 13, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964) - Original Watercolour
Est: $60 - $120
Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964) - Original Watercolour Letitia Marion Hamilton (30 July 1878 – 11 August 1964) was an Irish landscape artist and Olympic bronze medallist. Hamilton first exhibited in 1902, she would go on to become a prolific painter of the Irish countryside, exhibiting more than 200 paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). Letitia was heavily influenced by modern European artistic trends of the early 20th-century. Hamilton was internationally exhibited, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gallery and Kensington Art Gallery in London, in Scotland, and Paris. Her exposure to impressionism came from studying with Anne St John Partridge in France. Hamilton's style matured in the 1920s. That year, she was one of the founding members of the Society of Dublin Painters, It was around this time that she changed her signature from MH (May Hamilton) to LMH, reflecting her full name. In the early 1920s, Hamilton travelled to Venice, painting on a gondola studio lent to her by artist and friend Ada Longfield. The works from this trip are considered amongst her best, with her exploring light effects, pastel shades, and strong outlines. Hamilton later employed these elements into her works on Irish landscapes. She became a member of the RHA in 1943. In 1948 she became the last person to win a bronze medal at the art competitions at the London Olympic Games. Hamilton served as president of the Society of Dublin Painters in the late 1950s. Despite her failing eyesight later in life, Hamilton continued to paint, mounting her final exhibition in 1963, a year before her death. She was also a committee member of the Water Colour Society of Ireland. Examples of Hamilton's work are held in a number of collections, including Hugh Lane Gallery, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Crawford Art Gallery, Ulster Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, and Waterford Art Gallery. Her painting Canal Scene In Venice attained the highest price for a Hamilton work in 2004, which sold at Sotheby's, in London, for £33,600. This painting is an extremely good Print. We actually had to take it out of the frame to determine it.....the dot matrix is so fine. It is a lovely old Vintage print in period mid century frame. The artwork measures 52cm wide by 45cm high.
Danielle Elizabeth Antique & Estate Auctioneers
Jul. 27, 2023
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON (Ireland/England, 1878-1964), "The Kildare Hounds"., Oil on board, 8" x 10". Framed under glass 10.5" x 11.5".
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON Ireland/England, 1878-1964 "The Kildare Hounds". Initialed lower right "LMH". Titled verso.
Eldred's
May. 29, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) PALAZZO GRIMANI, VENICE, ITALY
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) PALAZZO GRIMANI, VENICE, ITALY watercolour signed with initials lower right; with artist's label on reverse h:15.50 w:14.50 in.
Whyte's
May. 29, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) THE DONKEYS
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) THE DONKEYS oil on panel h:8.25 w:10 in. Provenance: Collection of Maurice Fridberg, Dublin; Apollo Gallery, Dublin; Private collection, Dublin; Whyte's, 29 April 2003, lot 3; Private collection
Whyte's
May. 10, 2023
The Sacromonte from the Alhambra Granada
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton 1878 - 1964 The Sacromonte from the Alhambra Granada signed LMH (lower right); titled (on the canvas overlap) oil on canvas unframed: 50.5 by 61cm.; 19¾ by 24in. framed: 63 by 73cm.; 24¾ by 28¾in. Executed circa 1962. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letitia Marion Hamilton 1878 - 1964 The Sacromonte from the Alhambra Granada signé LMH (en bas à droit); titré (en revers de la toile) huile sur toile sans cadre: 50.5 by 61cm.; 19¾ by 24in. avec cadre: 63 by 73cm.; 24¾ by 28¾in. Exécuté vers 1962.
Sotheby's
Apr. 22, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton (Irish/British, 1878-1964), "The Killeries"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Letitia Marion Hamilton (Irish/British, 1878-1964) "The Killeries", 1931 oil on board monogrammed lower right, verso affixed with "Walker's Galleries, London, U.K." and "The Oriel Gallery, Dublin, Ireland" labels. Framed. 13" x 16", framed 17" x 20-1/2" Provenance: Walker's Galleries, London, U.K.; The Oriel Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Private collection of Libba and Mike Gaither, Charlotte, North Carolina.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Apr. 18, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Glengarriff, Bantry Bay, from Garnish Island (c.1945)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Glengarriff, Bantry Bay, from Garnish Island (c.1945) oil on board (second image verso) signed with initials 'L M H' verso h:31 w:37 cm. Provenance: Private Collection In this view of Glengarriff and the Caha mountains, seen from Garnish Island in Bantry Bay, Letitia Marion Hamilton demonstrates her skill in capturing effects of sunlight and rain, as clouds sweep across the West Cork landscape. As in many of her landscapes, a group of trees in the foreground frames the composition. Hamilton has used palette knife as well as brush to apply colours directly to the canvas, with the result that Bantry Bay, from Glengarriff is light in tone, with bright colours and expressive handling of paint. Together with her sister Eva, Letitia Marion Hamilton spent her life painting, traveling and exhibiting. The two sisters did not marry and, with their dedication to art, went on to become known as 'The Hamwood Ladies'. After attending Alexandra College, in 1907 Hamilton enrolled at the Metropolitan School of Art, where she studied under William Orpen. She and her sister then moved to London, where Hamilton attended Chelsea Polytechnic, and also studied under Frank Brangwyn. She first exhibited at the RHA in 1909 and thereafter showed regularly at the Academy, being elected a member in 1943. In 1920, while living at Palmerstown, she was a founding member of the Society of Dublin Painters. Five years later, she exhibited at the Paris Salon. She also showed work in London; at the Goupil Gallery, the RA and the Fine Art Society. [On the reverse of this painting is view, by Letitia Hamilton, of a Moorish-style gateway, probably in Spain, with an ox-drawn cart in the foreground.] Peter Murray, March 2023
Morgan O'Driscoll
Mar. 06, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) COURTYARD OF HOTEL IN ANDALUSIA
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) COURTYARD OF HOTEL IN ANDALUSIA oil on canvas board signed with initials lower right h:7.75 w:9.50 in. Provenance: The artist's family by descent; Whyte's, 29 September 2008, lot 144; Private collection; Adam's, 25 September 2019, lot 7; Private collection
Whyte's
Mar. 01, 2023
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Market Place, Honfleur Oil on canvas 66 x 55cm (26 x 22) Signed with initials Provenance: W
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Market Place, Honfleur Oil on canvas 66 x 55cm (26 x 22) Signed with initials Provenance: With Jorgensen Fine Art Dublin, label verso
Adam's
Dec. 07, 2022
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Moorish Street Scene with Figures and Oxen Oil on board, 33.5 x 39cm (13¼ x 15¼'') Signed with initials With a wooded lake scene verso
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Moorish Street Scene with Figures and Oxen Oil on board, 33.5 x 39cm (13¼ x 15¼'') Signed with initials With a wooded lake scene verso
Adam's
Dec. 06, 2022
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON R.H.A. (Irish, 1878-1964) French Park, Co. Rosscommon
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
LETITIA MARION HAMILTON R.H.A. (Irish, 1878-1964) French Park, Co. Rosscommon Signed with initials 'LMH' (lower right) Oil on canvas 51 x 61cm (20 1/16 x 24in).
Bonhams
Nov. 16, 2022
Attributed to Letitia Marion Hamilton, Irish (1878-1964) "Gatehouse, near Semur-en-Auxois," O.O.
Est: €800 - €1,200
Attributed to Letitia Marion Hamilton, Irish (1878-1964) "Gatehouse, near Semur-en-Auxois," O.O.B., unsigned inscribed on back, approx. 29cms x 24cms (11 1/2" x 9 1/2"), painted frame. (1)
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