Colin Middleton

Colin Middleton was born in 1910 in Belfast. His oeuvre was widely influenced by the politics of the time affecting the city and, more globally, Europe, the early days of the Second World War and the Belfast Blitz amongst others. He studied at Belfast College of Art before taking evening classes at the Belfast Royal Academy while helping the family’s damask business after his father’s death in 1933. He quickly became associated with other Northern Irish painters such as Daniel O’Neill, Gerard Dillon or Neville Johnson, touring with them through group shows organized by his representative an art dealer Victor Waddington. His first major solo exhibition was held at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery in October 1943 as a creative response to the city’s bombardment by German air raids in 1941. Middleton started exhibiting with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in Dublin in 1938 and became a full member in 1970. Considered by art historian Dickon Hall to be ‘a decade of recognition for Colin Middleton’, the 1970s put the artist on a pedestal. In 1969 he was created MBE while a major retrospective of his works was held at both the Ulster Museum and the Hugh Lane Gallery in 1976 and received an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University in 1972. These years also saw the achievement of Middleton’s new body of works entitled the 'Wilderness Series' and, subsequently, the 'Westerness Series' influenced by his travels to Spain and Australia. His oeuvre and style evolved throughout his career, embracing a neo-impressionist and surrealist vision of his time. (whytes.ie)

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'MURAL V AND MURAL VI (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €17,000
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- oil on panel
- 122 by 30cm., 48 by 12in.
'UNTITLED, 1983'
- Price Realised: €17,000
- Sale: 18 February 2003
- oil on panel
- 58 by 58cm., 23 by 23in.
'EVENING, BOA ISLAND, COUNTY FERMANAGH'
- Price Realised: €16,000
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 24 x 23½in. (60.96 x 59.69cm)
'MAN ON A HILL, 1954'
- Price Realised: €16,000
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on canvas
- 18 x 24in. (45.72 x 60.96cm)
'STANDING FIGURE'
- Price Realised: €16,000
- Sale: 18 February 2003
- mixed media on board
- 56 by 36cm., 22 by 14in.
'FISH BUYERS: ARDGLASS, 1951'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on canvas
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
'ACHILL ISLAND, 1969'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- oil on board
- 20 by 20cm., 8 by 8in.
'BUILDINGS WITH DISTANT SPINNEY'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- oil on canvas
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
'SYCAMORES, 1940'
- Price Realised: €14,500
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- oil on canvas
- 50.8 by 60.96cm., 20 by 24in.
'MOONLIT HEDGE, CARNALRIDGE'
- Price Realised: €14,500
- Sale: 19 February 2002
- oil on canvas
- 61 by 91cm., 24 by 36in.
'JANUARY: BALLYWILLAN, PORTRUSH, 1958'
- Price Realised: €14,000
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on canvas
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
'DONKEY IN A WESTERN LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: €14,000
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on canvas
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
'SEATED WOMAN IN BLUE'
- Price Realised: €13,500
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on board
- 61 by 61cm., 24 by 24in.
'EARLY MORNING IN DUNDRUM, 1964'
- Price Realised: €13,000
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- oil on board
- 23 x 23in. (58.42 x 58.42cm)
'BLUE LANDSCAPE WITH TREES: NORTH ANTRIM, c. 1962'
- Price Realised: €12,000
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- oil on board
- 23½ x 29½in. (59.69 x 74.93cm)
'MISS KITT'
- Price Realised: €12,000
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- mixed media on board
- 64 by 76cm., 25 by 30in.
'TABLE WITH TEAPOT'
- Price Realised: €12,000
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- oil on board
- 61 by 122cm., 24 by 48in.
'GABLES, ARDGLASS'
- Price Realised: €11,427
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- oil and pencil on bi-partite board
- 27 by 61cm., 10.5 by 24in.
'DUET, 1961'
- Price Realised: €10,500
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 24 x 18in. (60.96 x 45.72cm)
'MISS KITT'
- Price Realised: €9,500
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- mixed media on board
- 25 x 30in. (63½ x 76.20cm)
'WOMAN WITH OWLS, 1967'
- Price Realised: €9,500
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- oil on board
- 30 by 30cm., 12 by 12in.
'DUET NO. 2'
- Price Realised: €8,887
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- oil on board
- 61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in.
'PRISONERS AND GUARDS'
- Price Realised: €8,500
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- oil on canvas
- 76 by 76cm., 30 by 30in.
'FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, c. 1958'
- Price Realised: €7,000
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on board
- 9½ x 11½in. (24.13 x 29.21cm)
'UNTITLED'
- Price Realised: €7,000
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- oil on board
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
'SARDINES'
- Price Realised: €6,602
- Sale: 10 October 2000
- oil on canvas
- 60 by 44cm., 23.5 by 17.5in.
'MOUNTSHANNON, COUNTY CLARE, JULY, 1971'
- Price Realised: €6,600
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- oil on board
- 12 x 12in. (30.48 x 30.48cm)
'STRIPED FIGURE, RED , 1967'
- Price Realised: €6,200
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- oil on board
- 12 x 12in. (30.48 x 30.48cm)

'MURAL V AND MURAL VI (A PAIR)'

'UNTITLED, 1983'

'EVENING, BOA ISLAND, COUNTY FERMANAGH'

'MAN ON A HILL, 1954'

'STANDING FIGURE'

'FISH BUYERS: ARDGLASS, 1951'

'ACHILL ISLAND, 1969'

'BUILDINGS WITH DISTANT SPINNEY'

'SYCAMORES, 1940'

'MOONLIT HEDGE, CARNALRIDGE'

'JANUARY: BALLYWILLAN, PORTRUSH, 1958'

'DONKEY IN A WESTERN LANDSCAPE'

'SEATED WOMAN IN BLUE'

'EARLY MORNING IN DUNDRUM, 1964'

'BLUE LANDSCAPE WITH TREES: NORTH ANTRIM, c. 1962'

'MISS KITT'

'TABLE WITH TEAPOT'

'GABLES, ARDGLASS'

'DUET, 1961'

'MISS KITT'

'WOMAN WITH OWLS, 1967'

'DUET NO. 2'

'PRISONERS AND GUARDS'

'FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, c. 1958'

'UNTITLED'

'SARDINES'

'MOUNTSHANNON, COUNTY CLARE, JULY, 1971'

'STRIPED FIGURE, RED , 1967'