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Lough Anure, The Rosses Country, County Donegal

Date

20th century

Creator

Maurice Canning Wilks
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

Lough Anure, The Rosses Country, County Donegal is one of several paintings by Wilks that depict the remote northwest village of Loughanure (or Loch an Iúir), so named for the yew trees that live on islands in the lake. Viewed from a slight elevation, the landscape descends in green and ochre bands before rising again to mountains and low-hanging clouds. With its white thatched cottages, their chimneys smoking, neat haystacks, and woman tending a flock of geese, the vista suggests an existence bound to the rhythms of rural labor and nature. The painting is typical of Wilk’s works, presenting a scene that is for some emblematic is Irish identity.

from Snay, The Donald and Marilyn Keough Collection of Irish Art (Notre Dame, 2019)

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Creator
Maurice Canning Wilks (Irish, 1910 - 1984)
Date
20th century
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29 x 32 in. (73.66 x 81.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation
Copyright Status
Copyright
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / IVARO, Dublin
Subject
fowl
haystacks
houses
lakes
landscapes
mountains
trees
villages
women

Metadata

Accession Number
2017.052.005
Campus Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
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