Pibcasso?
You may want to check Kenny’s art gallery in Galway, they had some nice paintings and sculpture in recent years. Original work though, with the price that comes with it.
Not so many at the moment though
Here’s another:
It is…Women and children listening to an uilleann piper, outside a stone cottage, by Francis William Topham RA OWS (1808-1877)
Lot No: 122
Francis William Topham RA OWS (1808-1877)
WOMEN AND CHILDREN LISTENING TO A VILLEANN sic PIPER, OUTSIDE A STONE COTTAGE
Published Estimate: €10,000-12,000
Price Realised: €13000
signed and dated [1862] lower right
watercolour heightened with white
44 by 62cm., 17.5 by 24.5in.
Born 13 April, 1808, in Leeds, Topham originally trained as an artist-engraver. He found employment from an early age in London working as a book engraver for a number of companies including George Virtue’s publishing firm, for whom he engraved .
Uilliam
Last time I was in they had a few bronzes by the same artist that were pretty much modelled on the piper in the painting. Nice stuff.
The artist who painted the one above is Brian Valley,founder of the Armagh pipers club
I wonder if he painted this one of Felix Doran which is on the home page of the Armagh pipers club website?
RORY
Painter is Brian ‘JB’ Vallely and if you check your trad albums you will see he has painted many of the covers, such as Robbie Hannan’s first solo and Paul Bradley’s album.
When Paddy Keenan had his last album out there was an awesome painting at the WK piping concert with him in it painted by Vallely.
I love his big-fingered piper paintings. They cost quite a lot but you could try asking a starving art student to make a copy of one for you for a few quid, or give it a go yourself.
If you are determined to get an original from Vallely you could ask the artist himself if you can get a phone number-galleries will charge +50% commission on paintings so its always good to try and get in touch with the main man.
a drawing of me playing
I was playing in Regents Park in London a while back and was completely unaware of a guy doing a drawing o me.He came up left the drawing asked whit instrument it was and left me the sketch below..how kind…
Another time the Royal Portraitist Valeriy Gridnev took some sketches again in Regents Park and then got to do a sketch of me in oils playing the pipes and his wife Katya did an oil sketch too at his Studio in London
Carel and Uilliam
Can you contact me please at terry@pipers.ie
I am anxious to get more information about the two sketches shown in this thread.
Terry Moylan
Na Píobairí Uilleann
http://www.martindriscoll.com/
Check out the crossroads painting on Martin’s website. It has a piper in it. He is a fine painter.
http://www.martindriscoll.com/MDCSOLD.html
another one here. I think that I saw another stand alone one somewhere as well.
Martin is a fine painter alright ,but seems to be mostly stuck in some kind of time warp. I’d like to see an artist of his talent reflect his own times not his grandfathers.
Heres a painting of Owen Duignan which is on the wall of “An Droicead Beag”(the small bridge)pub in Dingle,Co Kerry.
RORY
I like his painting of the piper. He paints pictures of the Ireland that I remember. Those days and lifestyles are probably disappearing rapidly.
bronagh donnelly artist:
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I recently purchased an old framed lithograph of another version of The Limerick Piper at an auction. It just arrived today. Thought people might be interested. Not sure of the year but it defintely has some age to it. A nice piece.
Rick
Reviving this thread on piping artwork.
I recently purchased this piece at auction to add to my collection. Not a copy of The Limerick Piper (1841), although painted around the same time. A lovely original watercolour by Cork-born artist William Henry Stopford (1842-1890). Dated and signed 1863. Titled ‘The Bagpiper and His Faithful Hound’.
Nice score! Especially like the leg support.
I still get a good feeling when I look at a picture of Ganesh playing UPs. I think its the hat that does it
Bryan