Nano Reid, Irish, 1900-1981
Title: Canal and River in Autumn
Date: 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
51.5 x 61.5 x 10 cm
Credit Line: Presented, the Family of Mary Gilligan, 2015
Object Number: NGI.2015.1
ProvenancePurchased from the artist in 1950 by Billy O'Sullivan (Keeper of Manuscripts, TDC); presented to Myles and Mary Gilligan on the occasion of their marriage in 1956; by descent to couple's daughter, Claire Connors, by whom presented to the NGI in 2015
Exhibition HistoryVenice Biennale, 1950
Label TextHaving trained in Dublin, Paris and London, Reid divided her time principally between Dublin and her native Co. Louth. She was inspired, as here, by the landscape of the Boyne Valley, its antiquities, and nearby medieval monastic sites. This is one of twelve works Reid contributed to the Venice Biennale in 1950. A prolific painter, she exhibited widely and was involved with such pioneering artists’ bodies as the White Stag Group and the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. Intuitive and well-versed in Modernism, she developed a distinctive style.