Style contrast of Irish artists in Paris

Des O’Sullivan looks at 20th century Irish art at de Vere’s auction.

Very different paintings by Irish artists in Paris in the early years of the 20th century will highlight the auction at de Vere’s in Dublin on March 7.

The front cover lot is Mainie Jellett’s Composition, Two Elements from 1925 (pictured above), when Jellett and Evie Hone had embraced the teaching of their tutor Albert Gleizes.