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May Guinness

May Guinness

Irish · 1863–1955 · Painter

May Guinness was an Irish painter, noted as "the first practising artist to introduce a modernist sensibility into Irish art". (Wikipedia)

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33auction results2000–2026years recorded79%sold (26)$2.4kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. WOMAN WITH RED HAIRWhyte's · €34,000≈ $37,505≈ £30,093Sign up to see
  2. SAN MALO FROM ST. SERVANWhyte's · €16,000≈ $18,856≈ £14,495Sign up to see
  3. May Guinness, Feeding Time, Oil and gouache on canvasFeeding TimedeVeres · €12,000≈ $12,542≈ £10,390Sign up to see

May Guinness’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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May Guinness, Summertime, watercolour on paper
Summertime
Morgan O'Driscoll · Jul 20, 2026
€360Sign up free to see
May Guinness, The Entertainer, oil on canvas laid on board
The Entertainer
Morgan O'Driscoll · Jun 2, 2026
€1,200Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Red Rooftops, oil on canvas
Red Rooftops
Morgan O'Driscoll · Jun 2, 2026
€2,300Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Canal, Venice, watercolour on paper
Canal, Venice
Morgan O'Driscoll · Oct 21, 2025
€1,200Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Portrait of A Woman, pastel on paper
Portrait of A Woman
Morgan O'Driscoll · Sep 9, 2024
€850Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Cubist Female Study, oil on canvas laid on board
Cubist Female Study
Morgan O'Driscoll · May 20, 2024
€5,200Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Reading in the Garden, oil on canvas board
Reading in the Garden
Morgan O'Driscoll · Feb 26, 2024
€2,800Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Model in the Studio, oil on paper
Model in the Studio
Morgan O'Driscoll · Sep 11, 2023
€3,200Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Summer Garden, pastel on paper
Summer Garden
Morgan O'Driscoll · Jul 31, 2023
€950Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Portrait of a Lady, pastel on paper
Portrait of a Lady
Morgan O'Driscoll · May 22, 2023
€800Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Harvest Time, Watercolour
Harvest Time
deVeres · Mar 28, 2023
€500Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Rialto Bridge, Venice, oil on board
Rialto Bridge, Venice
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 1, 2022
€5,800Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Feeding Time, Oil and gouache on canvas
Feeding Time
deVeres · Jun 14, 2022
€12,000Sign up free to see
SAN MALO FROM ST. SERVAN, c.1925
Whyte's · Oct 19, 2020
€16,000Sign up free to see
HARBOUR SCENE
Whyte's · Nov 25, 2019
€1,300Sign up free to see
WOMAN WITH RED HAIR
Whyte's · Sep 16, 2019
€34,000Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Untitled
Untitled
deVeres · Nov 21, 2017
€7,000Sign up free to see
STILL LIFE WITH GREEN BOTTLE
Whyte's · May 25, 2015
€6,000Sign up free to see
STILL LIFE
Whyte's · Feb 23, 2015
€7,500Sign up free to see
SUNDIAL IN AN OLD SCOTCH GARDEN, 1902
Whyte's · Sep 28, 2009
€500Sign up free to see
STILL LIFE WITH GREEN BOTTLE
Whyte's · Nov 24, 2008
€5,400Sign up free to see
CAFE EN MONTMARTE
Whyte's · Sep 29, 2008
€1,500Sign up free to see
TAHITIAN GIRL
Whyte's · Dec 9, 2006
€1,200Sign up free to see
PORTRAIT OF A GIRL, circa 1935
Whyte's · Sep 19, 2006
€1,700Sign up free to see
BRETON LACE MAKERS, 1909
Whyte's · Apr 25, 2006
€6,800Sign up free to see
LANDSCAPE WITH SHEEP AND HILLS
Whyte's · Jun 12, 2001
€2,158Sign up free to see
May Guinness, Red Roofs, oil on canvas
Red Roofs
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 24, 2025
STILL LIFE
Whyte's · Nov 25, 2013
TAHITIAN GIRL
Whyte's · Dec 10, 2005
STILL LIFE WITH GREEN BOTTLE
Whyte's · Apr 26, 2005
BRITTANY HARBOUR
Whyte's · Apr 29, 2003
CROWD OF FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE
Whyte's · Jun 12, 2001
STILL LIFE WITH APPLES AND A WHITE CLOTH
Whyte's · Oct 10, 2000

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