1. Art History
• An investigation into the work of two Irish
artists with specific reference to two works
of each artist.
• Walter Osborne (1859-1903)
• Paul Henry (1876-1958)

2. What is involved
• Lesson 1 – Who was Walter Osborne?
• Lesson 2 - Consideration of two works of
art by Walter Osborne.
• Lesson 3 & 4 – Who was Paul Henry?
Consideration of two works of art by Paul
Henry
• Lesson 5 – Class test based on one of
the two artists.

3. Walter Osborne (1859-1903)
• Walter Fredrick Osborne
• Born 17th June, 1859 -
Rathmines, Dublin.
• His father, William
Osborne, was an animal
painter
• Was known as Fredrick in
his early years
• Entered the Royal
Hibernian Academy in
1876 to study art.

4. Royal Hibernian Academy
• Osborne won a silver
medal in 1877
• The Albert Prize in
1880 with his "Glade
in the Phoenix Park."
• Won the Taylor
Scholarship in 1881
and 1882
• "Glade in the Phoenix
Park.“ sold for
€40,000 in 2006

5. Antwerp
• Osborne moved to
Antwerp in 1883
• Spent two years
studying under
Charles Verlat at
the Antwerp
Academy

6. Exhibitions
• Began exhibiting in the
Royal Hibernian Academy in
1877
• In 1883 exhibited 13 works,
mostly sketches of Antwerp
and Bruges
• “A Flemish Farmstead” 1884
– Exhibited in Liverpool
• Began using the name
Walter instead of Fredrick in
1884

7. Rural England
• From 1884 spent several
years living in Sussex,
Berkshire and Norfolk and
other parts of rural England.
• Painted rural country and
village life and scenery in oil
and watercolour
• “On Suffolk Sands” 1887
• His paintings were exhibited
each year at the Royal
Hibernian Academy

8. Feeding the Chickens
• “Feeding the Chickens”
• Painted at North Littleton,
Worcestershire, England in
October 1884
• Oil on canvas
• The girls name is Bessie
Osborne – no relation of
Walter.
• Up for auction in 2012
estimated €500,000-
€700,000 but didn’t sell

9. Street Life in Dublin
• His reputation was
enormously
enhanced when he
began painting
street scenes in
Dublin.
• “Fish Market, Patrick
Street.”
• Painted 1893
• Painting shows the
everyday life of
ordinary people

10. Portraits
• During the last ten years of
his life Osborne became a
noted portrait painter
• “Portrait of a Lady Sitting
at a Table” 1893
• He was in such demand
that he had to move to a
larger studio
• Osborne died of
pneumonia in 1903

11. Walter Osborne (1859-1903)
• Walter Fredrick Osborne – one
of the most noted 19th
century
Irish Artists
• Osborne painted portraits,
landscape, subjects and
animals, and worked in oil,
water-colour, pastel and pencil.
• His last painting “Tea in the
Garden” was unfinished
• A dazzling fusion of naturalism
and impressionism
• He was regarded as just
reaching the height of his talent
when he died