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GREAT INTERIORS HECTOR McDONNELL
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HECTOR McDONNELL
GREAT INTERIORS
Exhibition dates
3rd - 21st November 2015
21 Bruton St, London, W1J 6QD
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I have been working on the paintings
in this exhibition over the last two years.
They concentrate on what has been
a constant theme for me - an endless
fascination with interiors both for what they
tell us about the people who inhabit these
places even when they are not there and
the curiosity aroused by half-seen glimpses
spied through windows and doors.
The mystery of the not-quite-known
is forever enticing.
Hector McDonnell, October 2015
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CHATSWORTH - THE STATE ROOMS2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”)
£15,000 + VAT
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CHATSWORTH - LOOKING TOWARDS THE CASCADE2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”)
£15,000 + VAT
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CHATSWORTH - THE DRAWING ROOM2015 Oil on canvas 122 x 91.5 cm (48” x 36”)
£24,000 + VAT
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CHATSWORTH - SUNLIGHT IN THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM2014 Oil on canvas 122 x 91.5 cm (48” x 36”)
£24,000 + VAT
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BEN AT THE CASTLE2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
£12,000 + VAT
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WINDOW IN THE TOWER HOUSE, KENSINGTON, LONDON2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
£12,000 + VAT
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THE GALLERY2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 102 cm (30” x 40”)
£12,000 + VAT
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WINDOW AT CASTLE WARD2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
£12,000 + VAT
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WGF IN THE REFORM CLUB2014 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
£12,000 + VAT
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THE ATRIUM OF THE REFORM CLUB2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
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REESY’S FRONT DOOR, GARRISON, NEW YORK2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”)
£15,000 + VAT
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BATHROOM WINDOWS AT CASTLE WARD2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”)
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ENTRANCE HALL AT CASTLE WARD 2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”)
£15,000 + VAT
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IN A LADAKH MONESTERY 2015 Oil on board 17.5 x 12 cm (7” x 5”)
£2,200 + VAT
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LEIXLIP CORRIDOR 2015 Oil on board 30 x 15 cm (12” x 6”)
£3,000 + VAT
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MORNING SUNLIGHT, CASTLE WARD 2015 Oil on canvas 35.5 x 28 cm (14” x 11”)
£5,500 + VAT
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OFFICE IN THE SILVER SAFE 2015 Oil on canvas 15 x 15 cm (6” x 6”)
£2,200 + VAT
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PAINTING A DOOR AT CHATSWORTH 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
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TEMPLE OF THE WINDS, MOUNT STEWART 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”)
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VIEW FROM FIRST FLOOR WINDOW, TULLYNALLY2015 Oil on canvas 79 x 53 cm (31” x 21”)
£12,000 + VAT
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1992
A Journey Through Tibet,
Bell Gallery, Belfast
A Journey Through Tibet,
Friends’ Room, Royal Academy, London
Galerie Stübler, Hannover
1993
Bell Gallery, Belfast
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1994
Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris
1995
Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1996
Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris
1997
Pyms Gallery, London
Glucksman Ireland House, New York
1998
Bell Gallery, Belfast
1999
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Pyms Gallery, London
2000
Bell Gallery, Belfast
2001
Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt
2002
Pyms Gallery, London
2003
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Retrospective, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Bell Gallery, Belfast
2004
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2005
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart
2006
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2007
Bell Gallery, Belfast
2008
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2009
James Wray & Co, Belfast
2010
W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York
McDonnell’s work is included in both public
and private collections in the UK, Ireland,
Germany, France and the United States.
design by James Robinson
www.jalloro.com
EXHIBITIONS
1973
Hamet Gallery, London
1975
Fischer Fine Art, London
Realismus und Realität, Darmstadt
Bell Gallery, Belfast
1976
Galerie Ariadne, Vienna
Nouvelle Subjectivité, Paris
1977
Fischer Fine Art, London
1978
Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin
1979
Nouvelle Subjectivité, Palais des Beaux
Arts, Brussels
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Munich
1980
Fischer Fine Art, London
25 Jahre Kunstpreis der Stadt, Kunsthalle,
Darmstadt
1981
Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Kunstpreistrager
Hohenholer Kunstverein, Langenburg
1982
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1983
Hofgalerie, Gschwendt
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart
1984
Grant Fine Art, Northern Ireland
Wellesley-Ashe Gallery, Dublin
1985
Royal Ulster Academy
1986
Fischer Fine Art, London
Pacific Club, Hong Kong
1988
Fischer Fine Art, London
Galerie Saint-Ouen, Jersey
Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris
1989
Kerlin Gallery, Belfast
Coach House Gallery, Guernsey
The Spirit of Turner, Agnew’s, London
1990
Ouevres sur Papier, Galerie Vieille du
Temple, Paris
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart
1991
Galeria Ynguanzo, Madrid
Sotheby’s, Stockholm
Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris
Hector McDonnell is an Irish contemporary realist painter and etcher. Born in Belfast in 1947
he was later educated at Eton and Oxford before travelling to Munich and Vienna from 1965
– 66 to further his studies in painting and sculpture. He received the Darmstädter Kunstpreis
in 1979 and currently lives and works between Northern Ireland and New York.
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