Ireland, 1904. A summer garden. Light doing exactly what Irish light does when it finally decides to show up.
Summertime captures a sun-drenched moment of ease — figures at rest in a garden, the warmth of a good Irish summer afternoon held in paint with Lavery's characteristic impressionist touch. It is not a grand subject. That is precisely why it works. Lavery had the gift of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, of stopping time at exactly the moment worth keeping.
It hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland. It is a painting about the particular joy of a warm afternoon in a country that does not take warm afternoons for granted.
Sir John Lavery (1856–1941) was born in Belfast, trained in Glasgow and Paris, and became one of Ireland's most celebrated painters. His work is hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland, the Tate, and major collections worldwide.
Sizes & Format
60 × 90 cm / 24 × 36″
30 × 45 cm / 12 × 18″
Available framed (black, white, wood) or unframed
archival print on 250gsm fine-art matte paper. Printed to order.
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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