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Michael George Brennan - Portrait Of Laura Redden Searing In The Studio
Original 1867
Auction:
Whyte's -
Mar 24, 2013- Dublin
Lot number:
112
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Michael George Brennan (1840-1871)
Description:
PORTRAIT OF LAURA REDDEN SEARING IN THE STUDIO, 1867
faintly inscribed and dated on the stretcher
Notes:
Michael George Brennan, subject and landscape painter, was born and educated in Castlebar Co. Mayo where his talents were noted by Charles O'Donal, afterwards a police magistrate in Dublin (Strickland, p.83). Aged fifteen he was sent to the Dublin Society's School and later the Royal Hibernian Academy where his skills where honed. He later travelled to London, working on several publications there, including Fun, a rival to Punch. Ill health in the form of typhoid fever led Brennan back to Ireland and later prompted a further relocation to the warmer climes of Italy. Settling first in Rome, Brennan continued to send back paintings for exhibition in the Royal Academy between the years 1865-1878. Strickland describes how his works were "warmly praised as admirably painted, harmonious in colour, and full of character and feeling." Brennan's deteriorating condition provoked later trips to Capri and it was here that he came in contact with the subject of this work, Miss Laura Catherine Redden a celebrated deaf American poet, journalist and author. The pair were engaged within ten days of meeting and while they discussed their future wedding plans the engagement was ultimately broken off, the reasons for which are unknown. One rumoured explanation was that Redden was not willing to forego her flourishing career. Brennan died from a fall in 1871. Laura Catherine Redden (1839-1923) was born in Maryland in the United States. Having lost her hearing at the age eleven she enrolled in the Missouri School for the Deaf (MSD) and later developed the skill of sign language and the American Manual Alphabet. Upon graduation in 1859 Redden was unable to enrol in college because of her disability; thus to supplement her education she travelled to Europe between 1865-1896 where she studied several languages. When she met Brennan she was already a published writer with articles in Harper's Magazine and American Annals of the Deaf where she championed the struggles of the deaf community. Earlier in 1860, she became the editorialist for the St. Louis Republican and officially adopted the pseudonym Howard Glyndon. In 1861, she was sent by the St. Louis Republican to Washington D.C. report on the American Civil War. She was a pro-Union loyalist and wrote poems about the experiences and human interests of the battle field. Redden also wrote to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the war period and it was with this wealth of experience that she later travelled to Europe between 1865-1869 to become a correspondent for The New York Times. After the engagement to Brennan was called off Redded returned to America and in 1876 married Edward Whelan Searing, a lawyer, with whom she had one child. By 1870, she returned to New York and Boston and was a staff writer for the New York Evening Mail and contributed to Galaxy, Harper's Magazine, and the Tribune. The marriage did not last and they divorced in 1894. Laura Redden Searing died in 1923 and was buried in Colma, California. She is remembered as a pioneer within the deaf community and is pictured here as a sensual muse of a former lover in the prime of her life.
64 by 46cm., 25 by 18in.
oil on canvas
Michael George Brennan - A Courtyard In Capri
Original 1866
Auction:
Adams -
Dec 5, 2012- Dublin
Lot number:
11
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Michael George Brennan (1839-1871) A Courtyard in Capri Oil on canvas, 33 x 44.5cm (13 x 17½'') Signed and dated 1866 Exhibited: The Frederick Gallery, December 2001, Cat No. 16. where purchased by current owner The majority of Brennan's paintings are of Capri subjects. His work can be seen in the context of other nineteenth century artists who were attracted to this beautiful island. Frederick Lord Leighton, for example, painted on Capri in 1859, John Brett at the same time as Brennan, and John Singer Sargent in 1878. Brennan made return visits to Ireland and England, and he spent some time in Paris in 1868. But, suffering from consumption, in 1870 he was advised to live in Algiers. There, Lady Kingston looked after him. But he died in Algiers in 1871, aged thirty-two. Strickland provides a list of Brennan's major paintings. Two of these, 'A Vine Pergola in Capri' and 'Church Interior at Capri', are in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland Brennan's painting A Courtyard in Capri shows his interest in Capri domestic life, and his eye for detail: the earthenware pitchers of different sizes, the circle of tiles in the foreground, and the pigeons feeding on the ground, the pot of fuchsia and the vine trellis, the tambourine propped against the wall and the birdcage hanging in the archway. The painting also illustrates Brennan's sense of composition, a recession, the shape of one large archway balancing the other, while shadowy doorways lead mysteriously to inner rooms, and steps lead up to upper floors. A review in 'The Times', referring to another Capri picture, could equally apply to the present one: ''Exquisite for quiet truth, its sentiment of repose and its serene diffused lights... A romantic theme is present in Brennan's painting too. A young man in loose white shirt rests in the shadows, looking wistfully at the barefoot girl, who pensively holds her hand to her chin. She holds a wickerwork pannier under her arm, so, although the picture may be one of Brennan's 'Courtyard in Capri' paintings shown at the RA in 1865 and 1867, most likely it is the painting entitled 'Feeding the Doves', exhibited at the R.A. in 1868. Dr. Julian Campbell
Michael George Brennan - Portrait Of Laura Redden Searing In The Studio
Original 1867
Auction:
Whyte's -
Mar 14, 2011- Dublin
Lot number:
112
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Michael George
Brennan (1839-1871)
PORTRAIT OF LAURA REDDEN SEARING IN THESTUDIO, 1867
faintly inscribed and dated on thestretcher
oil on canvas
64 by 46cm., 25 by 18in.
Michael George Brennan, subject and landscapepainter, was born and educated in Castlebar Co. Mayo where histalents were noted by Charles ODonal, afterwards a policemagistrate in Dublin (Strickland, p.83). Aged fifteen he was sentto the Dublin Societys School and later the Royal HibernianAcademy where his skills where honed. He later travelled to London,working on several publications there, including Fun, a rival toPunch. Ill health in the form of typhoid fever led Brennan back toIreland and later prompted a further relocation to the warmerclimes of Italy. Settling first in Rome, Brennan continued to sendback paintings for exhibition in the Royal Academy between theyears 1865-1878. Strickland describes how his works were warmlypraised as admirably painted, harmonious in colour, and full ofcharacter and feeling. Brennans deteriorating condition provokedlater trips to Capri and it was here that he came in contact withthe subject of this work, Miss Laura Catherine Redden a celebrateddeaf American poet, journalist and author. The pair were engagedwithin ten days of meeting and while they discussed their futurewedding plans the engagement was ultimately broken off, the reasonsfor which are unknown. One rumoured explanation was that Redden wasnot willing to forego her flourishing career. Brennan died from afall in 1871.
Michael George Brennan - Two Studies Of Hands
Original 1861
Auction:
Christie's -
Feb 28, 2007- London
Lot number:
32
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Michael George Brennan (1839-1875)
Two studies of hands; one representing charity (illustrated), one
representing war
one signed with initials 'MGB' (lower right) and inscribed
'Charity' (lower centre) and dated 'Febr. 9th 1861' (upper centre,
on the backing sheet), one inscribed 'WAR!' (on the mount)
pen and brown ink
3½ x 2¼ in. (8.9 x 5.7 cm.); and 2 3/8 x 2½ in. (6 x 6.4 cm.); two
in one frame
Provenance
Keeley Halswelle.
Lot Notes
Whilst the combat of the American Civil War had not yet begun,
on the 9 February 1861 Jefferson Davis was elected the provisional
president of the breakaway Confederate States of America. The
impact of events was felt across Europe and it seems possible that
the present sketches by Brennan were inspired by his thoughts on
contemporary events.
The provenance of Keeley Halswelle, A.R.S.A. (1832-1891) can be
linked to his meeting Brennan, a resident of Rome, when he moved to
the city for several years in 1868.
Michael George Brennan - Vectis Scenery: Being A Series Of Original And Select Views
Original
Auction:
Sotheby's -
Sep 20, 2005- London
Lot number:
448
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Vectis Scenery: Being a Series of Original and Select Views, Exhibiting the Picturesque Beauties, Local Peculiarities, and Places of Particular Interest in the Isle of Wight,
hand-coloured engraved map, 50 engraved plates, tissue guards, bookseller's label "Hellyer, Marine Libray, Ryde", contemporary red half morocco, gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover, oblong 4to,
Wotton-Common, by the Engraver, 1830