Irish Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting "Young Bathers" Children on the Beach by Henry Robertson Craig Decorative Arts Circa 1550

Circa 1550

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having received a commission from the Society of Jesus to paint frescoes at St

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Irish Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting "Young Bathers" Children on the Beach by Henry Robertson Craig Decorative Arts Circa 1550An important Irish Modernist oil on canvas painting by Henry Robertson Craig (1816 1984), titled "Young Bathers", circa 1960. This very beautiful painting of children seated on the beach, with other figures bathing is the sea, under a warm blue sky. The painting is very sensitively composed and is an exceptional example of one of Ireland's most respected modernist painters; Henry Robertson Craig along with his long time companion Patrick Hennessy