122 - James Arthur O'Connor,

James Arthur O'Connor, Irish 1792-1841- View of a figure on a hilltop in a landscape, with storm clouds above; oil on panel backed with card, signed 'J A O connor' (lower right), 19 x 24 cm. Provenance: with The Rowley Gallery Ltd., London. Private Collection, UK. Note: O'Connor was the son of engraver and printmaker William O'Connor, and received some artistic tuition from the painter William Sadler (c.1782-1839). In 1813, he travelled with fellow Irish painters Francis Danby (1793-1861) and George Petrie (1790-1866) to London, after which Danby and O'Connor walked from London to Bristol together. Immediately after the completion of this journey the two collaborated on a painting which sold recently at Roseberys on 12 November 2025, lot 150. O'Connor returned to Ireland shortly after this, where he established himself as a painter, enjoying the support of prominent contemporaries, particularly the Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845), before settling in London again in 1821, and exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1822. O'Connor went on to travel across Europe, including to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Rhineland, with the landscapes he encountered undoubtedly influencing the sweeping landscapes which define the artist's later oeuvre. The present work is a typical example of O'Connor's highly atmospheric and theatrical landscapes, recalling a similar work which sold at Adam's, Dublin, on 29 May 2024, lot 17 (€4,400 hammer), or another which sold at the same rooms on 27 September 2023, lot 52 (€6,500 hammer).