Lot 7: Georgina Moutray Kyle RUA (1865-1950) Market

Georgina Moutray Kyle RUA (1865-1950) Market Scene, Brittany Oil on board, 35 x 46.5cm (13¾ x 18¾'') Born at Craigavad, Co. Down, Georgina Moutray Kyle was educated at home by governess and tutors. After attending the Colarossi's studio in Paris in 1880's, she travelled widely before retuning to Ireland with a distinctly modern palette and post-impressionist style. She also exhibited works of Concarneau and Quimperle at the RHA and the Belfast Society. In 1930 the artist was represented in the Irish exhibition at Brussels, and where the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery bought ''The Market, Concarneau'' which had been exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1924. She became an active committee member of the Belfast Art Society (later called the Ulster Academy of Arts) and was a dominant persona in Belfast exhibitions in the 1920's and 30's.