![Paul Henry - Cottages, West of Ireland [1928-30]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7647/16910910716_dede7e8db5_o.jpg)
Henry (1876 - 1958) studied in Belfast and Paris, and then in Whistler’s studio. He admired Millet, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Whistler, and these traces are evident in his work. This painting is possibly of the Maamturks, seen from the eastern end of Kylemore Lake, done from memory in the late 1920s. Typically, it shows a two-part division of the picture plane, with a cloudy sky characterised by a narrow tonal range, Henry had defective colour vision, compensated for by a strong sense of pattern and design.
[Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, Hamden, Connecticut - Oil on canvas, 22 x 26 inches]
