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Gerard Dillon

Gerard Dillon
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Self-trained as an artist, Belfast-man Gerard Dillon worked as a house-painter and decorator in his early years, though an interest in the arts was apparent even as a teenager. In 1939 he and a friend went on a cycling holiday in the Connemara, an event which his biographer James White has since labelled “the most important development of his life” (Gerard Dillon: An Illustrated Biography, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1994). www.whytes.ie The imagery of the land, criss-crossed as it was by stone walls and dotted with cottages, and of the people in their brightly coloured home-spun clothes, remained with him for life and reappeared in many of his works. Dillon’s first solo exhibition was held in 1942 in the Country Shop on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, and was opened by the champion of modern art in Ireland, Mainie Jellet. In 1943 Dillon showed his first work at the RHA. During the 1940s and ‘50s he became the rising star of the Irish avant-garde, his works widely exhibited and written about. His career has commonly been characterised as a succession of different phases, from his early naοve landscapes, to his final dream-scapes, populated by harlequins. Dillon died of a stroke in 1971. A retrospective was held the following year at the Ulster Museum and later at the Hugh Lane Gallery of Art, Dublin. www.whytes.ie
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  • GIRL HIDING by Gerard Dillon sold for €132,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'GIRL HIDING'

    • Price Realised: €132,000
    • Sale: 26 April 2005
    • oil on panel
    • 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
  • LITTLE GIRL'S WONDER, circa 1955 by Gerard Dillon sold for €125,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'LITTLE GIRL'S WONDER, circa 1955'

    • Price Realised: €125,000
    • Sale: 19 September 2006
    • oil on board
    • 64 by 76cm., 25 by 30in.
  • COTTAGE INTERIOR, circa 1952 by Gerard Dillon sold for €90,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'COTTAGE INTERIOR, circa 1952'

    • Price Realised: €90,000
    • Sale: 29 November 2005
    • oil on board
    • 36 by 61cm., 14 by 24in.
  • THE TINKER FAMILY, 1957 by Gerard Dillon sold for €70,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE TINKER FAMILY, 1957'

    • Price Realised: €70,000
    • Sale: 07 December 2020
    • oil on board
    • 31 x 18Ύin. (78.74 x 47.63cm)
  • ITALIAN WASHER WOMEN by Gerard Dillon sold for €70,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ITALIAN WASHER WOMEN'

    • Price Realised: €70,000
    • Sale: 28 November 2006
    • oil on board
    • 39 by 50cm., 15.5 by 19.5in.
  • HOME WITH THE CATCH by Gerard Dillon sold for €60,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'HOME WITH THE CATCH'

    • Price Realised: €60,000
    • Sale: 26 May 2014
    • oil on canvas
    • 23 by 23.5in., 57.5 by 58.75cm.
  • THE WALL, 1940 by Gerard Dillon sold for €56,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE WALL, 1940'

    • Price Realised: €56,000
    • Sale: 20 September 2005
    • oil on canvas
    • 36 by 56cm., 14 by 22in.
  • YOUNG COUPLE IN A LANDSCAPE by Gerard Dillon sold for €52,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'YOUNG COUPLE IN A LANDSCAPE'

    • Price Realised: €52,000
    • Sale: 25 February 2008
    • oil on board
    • 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
  • CATTLE AND COTTAGE by Gerard Dillon sold for €52,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'CATTLE AND COTTAGE'

    • Price Realised: €52,000
    • Sale: 25 February 2008
    • oil on board
    • 36 by 51cm., 14 by 20in.
  • THE CURRACH, KILRONAN by Gerard Dillon sold for €50,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE CURRACH, KILRONAN'

    • Price Realised: €50,000
    • Sale: 02 October 2023
    • oil on canvas
    • 20 x 30in. (50.80 x 76.20cm)
  • ITALIAN WITH FOWL, 1948 by Gerard Dillon sold for €48,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ITALIAN WITH FOWL, 1948'

    • Price Realised: €48,000
    • Sale: 27 November 2017
    • oil on board
    • 24 x 20in. (60.96 x 50.80cm)
  • WASHING DAY by Gerard Dillon sold for €42,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'WASHING DAY'

    • Price Realised: €42,000
    • Sale: 29 November 2005
    • oil on board
    • 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
  • TOMaS BAKER, MOYARd, 1950 by Gerard Dillon sold for €40,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'TOMaS BAKER, MOYARd, 1950'

    • Price Realised: €40,000
    • Sale: 19 September 2006
    • oil on board
    • 30 by 45cm., 11.7 5 by 17.7 5i
  • CURRACHS OFF ROUNDSTONE by Gerard Dillon sold for €40,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'CURRACHS OFF ROUNDSTONE'

    • Price Realised: €40,000
    • Sale: 29 November 2005
    • oil on board
    • 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
  • ENCOUNTER, circa 1968 by Gerard Dillon sold for €39,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ENCOUNTER, circa 1968'

    • Price Realised: €39,000
    • Sale: 28 November 2006
    • oil on canvas
    • 51 by 69cm., 20 by 27in.
  • MEN AND BOATS, CONNEMARA by Gerard Dillon sold for €36,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'MEN AND BOATS, CONNEMARA'

    • Price Realised: €36,000
    • Sale: 29 May 2017
    • signed lower left, with Dawson Gallery, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Municipal Gallery Dublin labels on reverse
    • 12½ x 15in. (31Ύ x 38.10cm)
  • WEST OF IRELAND COUPLE AND HORSES by Gerard Dillon sold for €36,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'WEST OF IRELAND COUPLE AND HORSES'

    • Price Realised: €36,000
    • Sale: 30 May 2016
    • oil on canvas
    • 16½ x 21½in. (41.91 x 54.61cm)
  • THE HOLY ISLAND by Gerard Dillon sold for €36,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE HOLY ISLAND'

    • Price Realised: €36,000
    • Sale: 28 November 2006
    • oil and sand on board
    • 91 by 122cm., 36 by 48in.
  • ON THE BEACH, c.1950 by Gerard Dillon sold for €34,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ON THE BEACH, c.1950'

    • Price Realised: €34,000
    • Sale: 04 December 2023
    • oil on canvas
    • 12 x 18in. (30.48 x 45.72cm)
  • LANDSCAPE ARTIST, circa 1966 by Gerard Dillon sold for €33,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'LANDSCAPE ARTIST, circa 1966'

    • Price Realised: €33,000
    • Sale: 19 February 2007
    • oil on canvas
    • 50 by 60cm., 19.7 by 23.7in.
  • YOUNG COUPLE IN A LANDSCAPE by Gerard Dillon sold for €30,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'YOUNG COUPLE IN A LANDSCAPE'

    • Price Realised: €30,000
    • Sale: 14 March 2011
    • oil on board
    • 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
  • GIRL ON BEACH by Gerard Dillon sold for €29,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'GIRL ON BEACH'

    • Price Realised: €29,000
    • Sale: 28 November 2011
    • oilon hessian sackcloth
    • 56 by 66cm., 22 by 26in.
  • MAC DARA'S YARD by Gerard Dillon sold for €29,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'MAC DARA'S YARD'

    • Price Realised: €29,000
    • Sale: 17 September 2002
    • oil on canvas laid on board
    • 36 by 47cm., 14 by 18.5in.
  • MAGIC IN THE SKY by Gerard Dillon sold for €28,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'MAGIC IN THE SKY'

    • Price Realised: €28,000
    • Sale: 31 May 2010
    • oil on canvas
    • 76 by 88cm., 30 by 34.5in.
  • YOUNG COUPLE by Gerard Dillon sold for €25,500 at Whyte's Auctions

    'YOUNG COUPLE'

    • Price Realised: €25,500
    • Sale: 26 November 2007
    • oil on board
    • 60 by 39cm., 23.5 by 15.5in.
  • ENCOUNTER, c.1968 by Gerard Dillon sold for €25,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'ENCOUNTER, c.1968'

    • Price Realised: €25,000
    • Sale: 01 October 2012
    • oil on canvas
    • 20 by 27in., 51 by 69cm.
  • INISHLACKEN by Gerard Dillon sold for €25,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'INISHLACKEN'

    • Price Realised: €25,000
    • Sale: 29 November 2005
    • oil on canvas
    • 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
  • THE FISH EATERS, 1946 by Gerard Dillon sold for €24,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'THE FISH EATERS, 1946'

    • Price Realised: €24,000
    • Sale: 30 May 2016
    • oil on board
    • 17Ό x 21in. (43.82 x 53.34cm)
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