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Kavanagh's work and later life until death

Joseph Malachy Kavanagh - Gipsy Encampment on the Curragh

Work

Kavanagh was a talented artist who produced a wide range of art work. His paintings primarily featured different landscapes, each with its own focal point area. Kavanagh’s artworks have sold for thousands at a handful of different auctions across Ireland. His painting ‘Old Dublin - Marrowbone Lane’, sold for €14,000 in 2014 at Adam’s Irish and fine art auctions. Kavanagh worked with oil in a majority of his artworks. Many of Kavanagh's work is privately owned by collectors. The National Art Gallery of Ireland acquires several of his art works.  His work can also be found in the Ulster museum in Belfast, the City Gallery of art in Limerick, and the British museum in London. Painted in 1883, ‘The Old Covent Gate, Dinan’ is a well-known painting of Kavanagh that can be found in the National art gallery of Ireland.

Life until death

After working and traveling, Kavanagh reverted to his homeland of Dublin. He was elected as a collaborative member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1889, where he then was named a full member in 1892. Whilst Kavanagh was a member he was able to advance the knowledge of other artists from his experience and work. He did this from the years 1892 until 1911. In 1910, he had the honour of being nominated as caretaker of the academy. In 1916, during the 1916 rising, the academy in which he lived burned down. This unfortunate incident destroyed some of his work that he was unable to salvage. The incident was dreadful and took a great toll on Kavanagh. Kavanagh lived out the rest of his life at the Fitzwilliam nursing home in Dublin. Here he died on April 2, 1918, spouseless.