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141 Pauline Bewick RHA (b.1935) Rossbeigh (1980)signed lower left & titled lower centre
watercolour on paper
78 x 58cm (30 x 23in)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist;
Private Collection
€2,000-4,000 (£1,739-3,478)
Pauline Bewick was born in England in 1935. She moved many times between England and Ireland before finally settling in Co.
Kerry where she now lives and works, near Caragh Lake. She is a descendant of 19th-century artist Thomas Bewick.
In her teens Bewick started studying at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, and after graduation, moved to London.
During her time there she illustrated a children’s animated television series for the BBC, and also produced illustrations for books
and magazines. In 1957 Bewick held her first exhibition in Dublin.
A prolific artist, Bewick paints in oil, sculpts, and works with cloth, but is most associated with watercolours. In 2006 she donated
a collection of 200 works including tapestries, wall hangings, watercolours and sketches to the state, now on permanent display in
the Walton Building at the Waterford Institute of Technology, and in the Killorglin Library, Co. Kerry.