{{short description|Irish artist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Irish English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox artist | name = Eva Henrietta Hamilton | image = | image_size = | alt = Self Portrait by Eva Henrietta Hamilton from about 1906. | caption = Self Portrait c.1906. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date|28 June 1876}} | birth_place = Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland | death_date = {{death-date|1960}} | death_place = | nationality = | known_for = painting | training = Metropolitan School of Art, Slade School of Fine Art | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = | website = }} '''Eva Henrietta Hamilton''' (1876–1960), an Irish artist, was a portrait, landscape, and watercolour painter.
== Life == Eva Henrietta Hamilton was born in Dunboyne, County Meath. She was a daughter of Charles Robert Hamilton of Hamwood, eldest of her sisters Amy (b. 1879) and Letitia Marion, and cousin of Rose Barton, the watercolourist.<ref name="Kelly2005">({{Harvnb|Kelly|2005| p=55}})</ref> Eva was the great-granddaughter of the artist Marianne-Caroline Hamilton.<ref name="Sawyer">({{Harvnb|Sawyer|1993| p=66}})</ref> Eva and her sister Letitia painted, exhibited and travelled together.<ref name=hamilton/> Eva specialised in portraiture, particularly of children. She turned to landscape painting when she moved to Castleknock.<ref name="Kelly2005"/>
Eva was educated at Alexandra College, Dublin.<ref name=hamilton>{{Citation |title=Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876-1960) |url=http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6682318 |work=liveauctioneers.com }}</ref> She began exhibiting with the Water Colour Society of Ireland (WCSI) at the age of 22.<ref name=hamilton/> Eva studied under Sir William Orpen at the Metropolitan School of Art. She went on to study under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Fine Art.<ref name=hamilton/> In 1904 she showed two portraits of her sisters at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA).<ref name=hamilton/> She exhibited around 120 works at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1904 to 1945, and also at the Irish International Exhibition in 1907.<ref name="Kelly2005"/><ref name=hamilton/> She belonged to the Ladies' Athenaeum Club in London although she was mainly based in Dublin. She also exhibited in London, Paris and Philadelphia.<ref>The Dictionary of British Women Artists, Sara Gray p.128</ref>
She painted such people as Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory.<ref name=self-portrait>{{Citation |title=Self Portrait, c.1906 |url=http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6682318 |work=liveauctioneers.com }}</ref> The National Gallery bought an oil painting of hers, called ''Rose Dorothy Brooke '' for £1,806.25, in 1997.<ref name=dail>{{Citation |title=Dáil Éireann - Volume 408 - 21 May 1991 |url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0408/D.0408.199105210003.html |work=oireachtas.ie |access-date=15 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922040149/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0408/D.0408.199105210003.html |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has a piece at the Model Arts Centre in Sligo.<ref name="Greenwood1994">({{Harvnb|Greenwood|Connolly|Wallis|2003| p=537}})</ref>
== Works == {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * Moret sur Loing.<ref name=moret-sur-loing>{{Cite web|title=Eva Henrietta Hamilton 1876-1960 |url=http://www.mpfa.ie/irgallery.htm |work=mpfa.ie }}</ref> * Ceilidh at Dunboyne, 1919.<ref name=dunboyne>{{Citation |title=Ceilidh at Dunboyne, 1919 |url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=165ECFF95B00E25C |work=artnet.com }}</ref> * Summer's day in the west.<ref name=summer-day>{{Citation |title=Summer's day in the west |url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=D196AD66967469BD |work=artnet.com }}</ref> * The canal bridge.<ref name=canal-bridge>{{Citation |title=The canal bridge |url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=92AA038D9B009D27 |work=artnet.com }}</ref> * View over Sligo Bay.<ref name=sligo-bay>{{Citation |title=View over Sligo Bay (Looking towards Lisadell and Benbulben Bay) |url=http://www.adams.ie/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3082&LotRef=46 |work=adams.ie |access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123120/http://www.adams.ie/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3082&LotRef=46 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Children on a grassy sand bank.<ref name=children-bank>{{Citation |title=Children on a grassy sand bank |url=http://www.adams.ie/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3082&LotRef=47 |work=adams.ie |access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123132/http://www.adams.ie/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3082&LotRef=47 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Fiesole.<ref name=fiesole>{{Citation |title=Fiesole |url=http://www.adams.ie/BidCat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3089&LotRef=20 |work=adams.ie |access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123204/http://www.adams.ie/BidCat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3089&LotRef=20 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Cottage in the West.<ref name=cottage-west>{{Citation |title=Cottage in the West |url=http://data.bidmaster.co.uk/devere/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=A28&LotRef=13 |work=bidmaster.co.uk |access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814075603/http://data.bidmaster.co.uk/devere/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=A28&LotRef=13 |archive-date=2011-08-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * SELF PORTRAIT, c.1906.<ref name=self-portrait2>{{Citation |title=Self Portrait, c.1906 |url=http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6682318 |work=liveauctioneers.com }}; {{Citation |title=Self Portrait, c.1906 |url=http://www.whytes.ie/4PrintCatalogue.asp?Auction=20090928 |work=whytes.ie }}</ref> * On the Malahide Shore, 1921.<ref name=malahide-shore>{{Cite web |title=Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876-1960)| url=http://www.whytes.ie/4PrintCatalogue.asp?Auction=20030429 |work=whytes.ie }}</ref> * FOREST WITH STREAM AND BRIDGE.<ref name=forest>{{Citation |title=FOREST WITH STREAM AND BRIDGE |url=http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/attributed-to-eva-henrietta-hamilton-1876-1960-92-c-4934292cf6 |work=artfact.com }}</ref> * Achill Street Scene.<ref name=achill-street>{{Citation |title=Achill Street |url=http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/eva-henrietta-hamilton-1876-1960-achill-street-zpv77rlw9d-0-m-csxn7mwz53 |work=artfact.com }}; {{Citation |title=Achill Street Scene |url=http://www.whytes.ie/OnlineCatalogue2.asp?Auction=20080428&offset=60 |work=whytes.ie }}</ref> * Portrait of her Sister Amy.<ref name=sister-amy>{{Citation |title=Portrait of her Sister Amy|url=http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/eva-henrietta-hamilton-1876-1960-portrait-of-he-zpv77rlw9d-0-m-5cb165323f |work=artfact.com }}; {{Citation |title=Portrait of her Sister Amy|url=http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/eva-henrietta-hamilton-1876-1960-portrait-of-he-zpv77rlw9d-5-m-3ioff4v154 |work=artfact.com }}</ref> * Children at Portmarnock<ref name=children-portmarnock>{{Citation |title=Children at Portmarnock |url=http://www.adams.ie/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3076&LotRef=90 |work=adams.ie |access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123216/http://www.adams.ie/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=3076&LotRef=90 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Holy Island from Mountshannon House, County Claire, 1947.<ref name=hold-island>{{Citation |title=Holy Island from Mountshannon House, County Claire, 1947 |url=http://www.whytes.ie/4PrintCatalogue.asp?Auction=20060221 |work=whytes.ie }}</ref> * A cottage on the Irish coast oil on board.<ref name=cottage>{{Citation |title=A cottage on the Irish coast oil on board |url=http://www.hollowaysauctioneers.co.uk/catalogues/af240707/page9.htm |work=hollowaysauctioneers.co.uk }}</ref> * Portrait of a girl standing <ref name=girl-standing>{{Citation |title=Portrait of a girl standing |url=http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2573708 |work=liveauctioneers.com }}</ref> * Under a shady tree <ref name=shady-tree>{{Citation |title=Under a shady tree |url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d49029/d4902987x.jpg |work=christies.com }}</ref><ref name=christies/> * Castleknock <ref name=christies>{{Citation |title=Eva Henrietta Hamilton search |url=http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?entry=Eva+Henrietta+Hamilton&searchtype=p |work=christies.com }}</ref> * Sheep in a Meadow.<ref name=christies/> * Mother and child.<ref name=christies/> * Driving Cattle at Ash Hill, the Maynooth to Dunboyne Road.<ref name=christies/> * The canal bridge.<ref name=christies/> * Girl on a Beach.<ref name=christies/> * Maynooth from the Duke's Pool on the Rye Water River, Co Kildare.<ref name=christies/> * The Estuary, Malahide<ref name=estuary-malahide>{{Citation |title=The Estuary, Malahide |url=http://whytes.com/4PrintCatalogue.asp?Auction=20030429 |work=whytes.com }}</ref> {{div col end}}
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==References== * {{Citation |last=Kelly |first=John S. |editor1=John Kelly |editor2=Ronald Schuchard |title=The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats: 1905-1907 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7phtpwywiIC |volume=4 |year=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-812684-3 |oclc=0198126840 |postscript=. }} * {{Citation |editor1=National Gallery of Ireland |editor1-link=National Gallery of Ireland |editor2=Douglas Hyde Gallery |editor2-link=Douglas Hyde Gallery |editor3=Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art |editor3-link=Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art |title=Irish women artists: from the eighteenth century to the present day |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kenVAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=National Gallery of Ireland |isbn=978-0-903162-40-1 |oclc=16081461 |chapter=Eva Henrietta Hamilton |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kenVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Eva+Henrietta+Hamilton%22 |postscript=. }} * {{Citation |title=The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVJmAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Genealogical Pub. Co. |isbn=978-0-8063-1436-5 |postscript=. }} * {{Citation |last=Sawyer |first=Roger |title="We are but women": women in Ireland's history |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGrElbD7wtwC |year=1993 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-05866-7 |chapter=Irish Cultural Revival |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGrElbD7wtwC&pg=PA66 |postscript=. }} * {{Citation |editor1-last=Greenwood |editor1-first=Margaret |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=Connolly |editor3-first=Geoff |editor3-last=Wallis |title=Rough guide to Ireland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLHgtXEUfXgC |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-84353-059-6 |chapter=The Model Arts Centre |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLHgtXEUfXgC&pg=PA537 |postscript=. }}
==External links== * {{Cite web|title=Eva Henrietta Hamilton 1876-1960 |url=http://www.mpfa.ie/irgallery.htm |work=mpfa.ie }} * {{Cite web|title=Eva Henrietta Hamilton 1876-1960 |url=http://www.artfact.com/artist/hamilton-eva-henrietta-zpv77rlw9d |work=artfact.com }} *{{Art UK bio}}
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