Paul Henry: The Soul of the Irish Landscape Paul Henry (1877 – 1958) stands as one of Ireland’s most enduring figures in landscape painting, a painter who captured the ethereal beauty and rugged spirit of the West of Ireland with an uncompromising vision that cemented his place within the broader context of Post-Impressionism. Born at 61 University Road, Belfast, he descended from a family steeped in Presbyterian tradition – Robert Mitchell Henry, his father, was a Baptist minister – shaping his formative years amidst intellectual and spiritual discourse. From early artistic inclinations nur…