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Aloysius C. O'Kelly (1853- c.1941) Breton Church Interior with Figures oil on canvas signed lower right h:91.50  w:64.50 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Exhibited: New Twists and Turns - The Taylor Galleries, Dublin March - April '07, Catalogue number 13 W Aloysius O'Kelly was born in Dublin in 1853. In 1874, Kelly travelled to Paris and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he studied painting and drawing under the French masters Bonnat and Gérôme. In 1876 he visited Brittany, joining several other artists in practising plein-air painting in order to capture the naturalism of its villages and fishing ports. In 1895, he emigrated to America, settling in New York, where he painted many cityscapes and figurative scenes. This work was probably excuted around c.1905. Aloysius O'Kelly exhibited in London and at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in Dublin. He also showed in Paris and New York. His paintings can be found in several public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland.