Few Irish artists have lived for so long

Few Irish artists have lived for so long or travelled so far as Mary Swanzy. Born in Dublin in 1882, she died in London 96 years later. During the years in between, she travelled widely in Europe but also, in 1923, went to stay with her aunt Mrs F.M. Swanzy, who lived in Honolulu. While there, the artist went on to Samoa, and this oil on canvas - called The White House, Samoa - is one of those produced as a result of that visit. Some of the pictures from this period were shown in Paris in 1925.

Although she never journeyed quite so far from home again, Swanzy continued to draw on her Pacific Ocean memories for the rest of her life, as she did from other overseas trips. So, in the same exhibition as this work - at Jorgensen Fine Art of Dublin - is another Swanzy, this time of a market scene in the then Czechoslovakia, where she spent some time in the years immediately after the first World War.

Both can be seen alongside other Irish art in the same show, featuring paintings by Daniel O'Neill, Sir John Lavery, Evie Hone and Rose Barton. Having opened yesterday, the exhibition continues until the end of March.