framed painting / An Gorta, 1847

A large framed painting of the Irish Famine in 1847 by Maurice MacGonigle (1900 - 1979), a modern Irish painter. The painting is modernist, with vibrant colours and a graphic style depicting a woman in the centre holding a baby, stone walls all leading to her and many people all around working in the fields. The frame is a thick wooden frame painted gold. There is a wooden label below the painting which says 'An Gorta 1847 Maurice MacGonigal RHA'.;