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Grace Henry HRHA 1868-1953



A Storm at Sea, Chioggia

Oil on canvas laid on board 24 x 20 inches
Signed b.r. G.Henry
Provenance:
Private collection, County Dublin

Since Tagliapietra’s sculpture was moved to the Sagraèto churchyard in 1837, the women of Chioggia have gone there to pray for the safe return of their fishermen. This is the scene portrayed by Grace Henry in the current work. A storm rages over the Lagoon. Daylight has faded and buildings in the background are barely visible through the storm clouds. Fishing boats are long overdue. An old woman in the foreground turns towards us, her hands joined in a plea for help while a mother and child pray beneath the Madonna. Grace must have encountered similar scenes many times during her years on Achill Island where much of her work was also painted at night.

The imposing statue of the Sagraèto Madonna, originally known as the Refugium Peccatorum, forms part of the balustrade which stands between the Peròtolo canal and the gardens attached to the Cathedral and is the centrepiece of a marble group known as the Sagraèto which includes baskets of fruit, allegorical figures and a set of four lions, one of which is shown here. The Madonna is attributed to the Venetian baroque sculptor Alvise Tagliapietra who also carved the Baptistery in the Oratorio of St. Martin in Chioggia.

In 1900 Emily Grace Mitchell met her future husband, Paul Henry, while studying in Paris. They married in 1903 and moved to Surrey. In 1912, they set out for a short holiday on Achill Island, a expedition which effectively lasted eight years. Grace had gone to Paris at the age of 32 even though she was already well established as a painter exhibiting with the Aberdeen Artist's Society in 1898. Her work is distinguished by a bright range of colours and a readily identifiable style. She responded to the people and environment she found herself in, which is apparent in the current work. She made a number of visits to Chioggia in the 1930s. However, the closeness of this painting to her work from Achill suggests that it was painted on her first visit in 1920. The Storm, exhibited in 1991 at the Municipal Gallery in Dublin is very similar in manner and is undoubtedly a related work painted about the same time.

€3,650


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