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13 George William Russell (AE) (1867-1935) WHERE THE UNQUIET HOURS DEPARTsigned with monogram (Æ) lower right
oil on canvas
54 x 82cm (21 x 32in)
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George Gallery, Dublin;
Private Collection
€4,000-6,000 (£3,478-5,217)
George William Russell was born in Lurgan, County Armagh in 1867 but his family relocated to Dublin when
he was eleven years old. He was educated at Rathmines School and the Metropolitan School of Art. Russell’s
interests were wide-ranging; he became a theosophist and wrote extensively on politics and economics, while
continuing to paint and write poetry. Russell claimed to be a clairvoyant, able to view various kinds of spiritual
beings, which he illustrated in his paintings and drawings. Russell wrote with the pseudonym Æ (sometimes
written AE or A.E.).