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George Bernard O'Neill, born in Dublin in 1828, trained at the Royal Academy Schools after moving to England. He exhibited there from 1847 and developed genre painting centred on rural and domestic life. Introduced to the Cranbrook artists' colony in 1859, he used Old Wilsley House as the setting for many scenes. Interiors and figures complement one another in these narratives of everyday life; in a collaboration with Frederick Daniel Hardy, responsibility for the setting and the figure was even divided between the two painters. Despite these ties to Kent, O'Neill maintained a house and studio in London. His career connected the colony's artistic exchanges, familiar subjects and the cultural life of the capital. He died in London in 1917.
This profile brings together identity references for George Bernard O'Neill and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Grossmutter mit Enkeln in der Küche
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-12-02
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Oil on canvas
Christmas Cards
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2016-06-22
Published result : 4013 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–4000
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Oil on panel
George Bernard O'Neill (1829-1917), \\A letter to
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2011-06-22
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on panel
George Bernard O'Neill (1829-1917), \\My name is
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2011-06-22
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Catalogue period : 2011-12-14
Published result : 6500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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