Strong sense of the contemporary in this 1835 work by James Arthur O'Connor

The auction is on view in Skibbereen on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and at the RDS in Dublin from April 4-7

James Arthur O'Connor - The Avenue, A View in the Parc de Bruxelles at Morgan O'Driscoll.

A surprisingly strong sense of the contemporary belongs to an 1835 work by James Arthur O'Connor at Morgan O'Driscoll's Irish and International art sale on April 8. 

There is something almost surreal in the calm atmosphere of this depiction of a park with a neo classical building in the background. It antecedes the much later work of European greats like Rene Magritte and Giorgio de Chirico.