From my Window
Date: 1989 Dimensions: 77 x 89.5cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Collection: Niland Collection Description: Abstract painting on cut out canvas.
He Wins
Date: 1949 Dimensions: 35.5 × 23cm Medium: Oil on panel Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Given on perpetual loan by Ria Mooney in 1970 Description: This late oil painting recalls the strand races that Jack Yeats attended in Sligo as a youth and which formed an important theme in his early
The Sea and the Lighthouse
Date: 1947 Dimensions: 53.5 × 35.5cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland to Sligo County Library and Museum in 1965. Description: The artist depicts himself standing at Rosses Point, Co. Sligo, looking out towards the sea. The darkened
Mountain window
Date: 1946 Dimensions: 34.5 × 22cm Medium: Oil on board Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by Ria Mooney to Sligo County and Museum in 1970. Description: This tiny painting belonged to Ria Mooney, an actress and the first woman producer at the Abbey Theatre. She worked on two of Jack
White Shower
Date: 1928 Dimensions: 60 × 44.5cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by James A. Healy in New York to Sligo County Library and Museum. In memory of his parents, John and Catherine Healy, 1965. Description: Painted in the artist’s late expressionistic style in which Yeats was
Johnny Patterson singing ‘Bridget Donoghue’ (The Singing Clown)
Date: 1928 Dimensions: 59 × 45cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by James A. Healy in New York to Sligo County Library and Museum. In memory of his parents, John and Catherine Healy in 1966. Description: The clown was a figure of unending fascination for Yeats