One tree turns red-orange at its crown while the rest of the grove holds green. Marsh has painted the exact moment of change — the season mid-turn, light breaking through a blue-white sky, the grass below still luminous with summer. You can feel the air in it.
Clare Marsh (1875–1923) was one of the quietly serious painters of her generation — a friend of John Butler Yeats, a professor at Alexandra College, working in oil at a time when that alone set her apart. This small, unhurried sketch shows exactly why the National Gallery of Ireland kept it.
Some paintings make a room feel decorated. This one makes it feel lived in.
From the NGI collection.
Sizes & Format
30 × 40 cm / 12 × 16″
60 × 80 cm / 24 × 32″
75 × 100 cm / 30 × 40″ (unframed only)
Available framed (black, white, wood) or unframed
Print & Frame Details
Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Framed prints: solid oak or ash wood frame, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.
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