Contorted Trunk of a Thorn Tree

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Margaret Clarke , Irish, 1884-1961

Title

Datec.1913-1915

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensions

28.7 x 39.5 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 2007

Object numberNGI.2007.25

DescriptionWhile a student at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, Margaret Clarke made several trips to Inisheer, one of the Aran Islands in Connemara. She was continuing a long tradition, as artists had been inspired by the west of Ireland’s landscape and culture for generations. With a focused reverence, Clarke captured the tenacity of the thorn tree growing in a hostile, rocky landscape. The uniquely twisted thorn branch is closely observed, with notes in pencil recording the colours of the moss and the shadows.

July 2024
Inscriptionlower left: shadows on tree/ darker patches of burn sienna light grey and yellow green also moss on Trunk;
right: : The moss at L to low trunk/
mass of close heather leaves mixed up in moss and earth
upper right: robin

Exhibition HistoryMargaret Clarke – An Independent Spirit, F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio, Newry, 15 September - 18 November 2017