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80 Pauline Bewick RHA (b.1935) YELLOW ORCHIDS (1997)signed, titled & dated ‘97
acrylic on paper
137.5 x 99.25cm (53 x 39in)
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Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition 1997 (label verso);
Private Collection
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Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition 1997, Work No.2.
€5,000-7,000 (£4,347-6,086)
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County 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
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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, County Kerry.