Gerard Dillon
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. Dillons first solo exhibition was held in 1942 in the Country Shop on St Stephens 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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'SAD PIERROT'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- pencil, ink and gouache with collage element
- 14Ό x 16in. (36.20 x 40.64cm)
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'PIERROT AND EASEL'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- pen and ink with gouache and pastel and collage element on paper
- 16 by 21.25in., 40.64 by 53.975cm.
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'SHAMROCK MOON'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- watercolour, gouache and collage on paper laid on board
- 46 by 55cm., 18 by 21.5in.
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'SAILOR'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- watercolour
- 37 by 25cm., 14.5 by 9.75in.
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'WOOD CARRIER'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 28 November 2006
- mixed media on paper
- 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
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'WEST OF IRELAND HOMESTEAD WITH FIGURE AND ANIMALS'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- watercolour
- 24 by 29cm., 9.5 by 11.5in.
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'PORTRAIT OF OISΝN KELLY RHA RUA (1916-71)'
- Price Realised: 3,936
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- watercolour, brush and black ink
- 23 by 17cm., 9 by 6.5in.
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'ROUNDSTONE HARBOUR, c.1940s'
- Price Realised: 3,900
- Sale: 15 March 2010
- gouache and watercolour
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'FAMILY IN COUNTRYSIDE'
- Price Realised: 3,900
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- monotype with watercolour on paper
- 25 by 33cm., 10 by 13in.
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'GALWAY FARMER'
- Price Realised: 3,900
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- watercolour on artist's board
- 17 by 12cm., 6.5 by 4.75in.
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'NANO REID SKETCHING AT ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- watercolour
- 9 x 12in. (22.86 x 30.48cm)
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'SPIRIT RIDER AND HORSE'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 28 November 2022
- watercolour, crayon, oil on board
- 12 x 17Όin. (30.48 x 43.82cm)
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'PIERROT WITH PAINTING OF A PHOENIX'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 21 September 2004
- crayon, watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 51 by 39cm., 20 by 15.5in.
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'STILL LIFE WITH CANDLESTICK'
- Price Realised: 3,700
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- watercolour and gouache
- 37 by 45cm., 14.7 5 by 17.7 5i
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'YOUNG COUPLE STANDING AMIDST A FOREST'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour
- 27 by 38cm., 10.5 by 15in.
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'CLONARD ROOFTOPS'
- Price Realised: 3,500
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- watercolour on paper laid on card
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'FARMER'S WIFE, CONNEMARA, 1970'
- Price Realised: 3,500
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- colour etching
- 25 by 34cm., 10 by 13.5in.
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'ISLAND FORMATION, WEST OF IRELAND'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 29 September 2014
- oil and sand on board
- 16.5 by 30in., 41.25 by 75cm.
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'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- gouache on paper laid on board
- 35 by 61cm., 13.7 5 by 24in.
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'GYPSIES BY A FIRE'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour
- 20 by 20cm., 8 by 8in.
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'THE ARTIST WITH PAINTING OF BIRD'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- ink, watercolour and crayon
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND PATRICK KELLY, c.1969'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 November 2010
- correspondence letters (35); cards (2); Christmas cards (1)
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'PORTRAIT OF JAMES MAGUIRE IN NATIONAL SERVICE UNIFORM, HAMMERSMITH'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- oil on board
- 48 by 41cm., 19 by 16in.
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'DREAMER'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- pastel and watercolour
- 17Ό x 24Όin. (43.82 x 61.60cm)
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'ANY OLD TOWN'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil pastel with mixed media
- 15 by 22in., 37.5 by 55cm.
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'WEEDS FROM THE DEEP'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 18 May 2009
- oil and sand on board
- 91 by 121cm., 35.7 5 by 47.7 5in.
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'SAND FLY'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- oil and sand on board
- 48 by 74cm., 19 by 29in.
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'VIEW OF ROUNDSTONE HARBOUR FROM THE WATER'
- Price Realised: 2,920
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- gouache and pencil on paper
- 24 by 36cm., 9.5 by 14in.