Artwork that recalls Easter Rising estimated at €3,000-€5,000

The most expensive lot at the James Adam auction in Dublin is 'May 1916' by Waterford-born Richard O'Neill

Richard O'Neill's painting 'May 1916' depicts Tom Clarke before his execution, left; 'Hot Summer', by. Richard O'Neill.

A large work depicting Tom Clarke blindfolded before a stone wall, awaiting execution, May 1916 was Richard O'Neill's contribution to a 1966 exhibition at Dublin's Municipal Gallery. The focus of the show with invited artists was to commemorate the Easter Rising through contemporary art.

The artwork is estimated at €3,000-€5,000, the most expensively estimated lot at a timed online art auction at James Adam in Dublin until August 14. 

Richard O'Neill's painting 'May 1916' depicts Tom Clarke before his execution.

Richard O'Neill: A Painter Rediscovered offers 62 works by the artist along with art by his friends and mentors Patrick Pye, Anne Yeats, Ruth Brandt, Harry Kernoff, Sean Keating, John Kelly and Patrick Hickey. 

'Hot Summer' by Richard O'Neill.

The Waterford-born Dublin-based artist, who died in 2009, received a scholarship to the National College of Art and graduated in 1941. He first exhibited at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1952 and is somewhat overlooked today. James Adam believes he deserves to be reassessed.