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Two young girls sit at a table. Playing cards are scattered across the table and one of the girls is stacking the cards to make a house.

The House Builders Canvas Print

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Osborne studied at the Royal Hibernian Academy and later in Antwerp and Brittany. This sensitive portrayal of two children at play in an intimate domestic interior displays the artist's confidence in using the watercolour medium. He skilfully captures a fleeting glimpse of childhood with a delicacy of touch. The fluid, impressionistic brushstrokes are typical of his late style.

 

National Gallery of Ireland Canvas Prints feel like having the real painting on your wall. Printed on Hahnemuhle Leonardo Canvas using ultra chrome HDR pigment inks, our canvas prints come rolled in a protective tube with the painting's information.

In order to preserve the image and prevent unnecessary fading, the canvas should not be exposed to direct sunlight and its harmful UV rays.

 

Dimensions (including border) : 55 cm x 70 cm

Dimensions of image: 42 cm x 52 cm

 

Original Painting Information

Walter Frederick Osborne, Irish, 1859-1903

The House Builders, 1902

Watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on board, 47.7 x 59.8 cm

Purchased, 1903

NGI.2536

 

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