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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'INISHLACKEN, GALWAY'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- watercolour
- 9Ό x 11in. (23½ x 27.94cm)
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'IN FRONT OF THE FIRE'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- ink and watercolour
- 11Ύ x 6½in. (29.85 x 16.51cm)
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'CAT'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- gouache on buff coloured paper
- 9½ x 12.70in. (24.13 x 32.26cm)
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'WHITE HORSES AND LOVERS [INISHLACKEN]'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- ink with gouache on paper
- 10.75 by 14.25in., 26.875 by 35.625cm.
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'DONKEY AND GEESE WITH MAN AND COTTAGES BEYOND'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 29 November 2010
- gouache on card
- 21 by 28cm., 8.25 by 11in.
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'ABSTRACT CITYSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil with sand on board
- 24.25 by 36in., 61.595 by 91.44cm.
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'FARMYARD WITH HAYRICK, 1949'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- watercolour
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'BIRD AND BONES'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- crayon and graphite on board
- 37 by 28cm., 14.5 by 11in.
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'FREE AND CAPTIVE BIRD'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 15 March 2010
- mixed media and collage
- 30 by 29cm., 11.7 5 by 11.2 5in.
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'THE LAST SUPPER'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- gouache, crayon and pencil on card
- 17 x 27in. (43.18 x 68.58cm)
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'FEMALE WITH FISH'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- monotype with collage and crayon
- 50 by 48cm., 19.7 5 by 19in.
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'THE ART CLASS'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- linocut
- 28 by 28cm., 11 by 11in.
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'SEA BEAST'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil and sand on board
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil and sand on board
- 20 x 19in. (50.80 x 48.26cm)
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'THIS IS THE LIFE, 1969'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- gouache with collage on paper
- 13½ x 22½in. (34.29 x 57.15cm)
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'BROWN, BLUE AND SILVER'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- gouache and silver paint with collage on board
- 15½ x 9in. (39.37 x 22.86cm)
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'WASHER WOMEN, 1948'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- watercolour
- 9.75 by 13.5in., 24.375 by 33.75cm.
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'LAGAN VALLEY'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- watercolour
- 23 by 29cm., 9 by 11.5in.
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'THE LAST SUPPER'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- gouache, crayon and pencil on card
- 17 x 27in. (43.18 x 68.58cm)
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'THE MARRIAGE'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- pencil, pastel and watercolour
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'MUIREDACH'S CROSS, MONASTERBOICE'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 06 March 2023
- pen, ink and wash
- 14 x 9in. (35.56 x 22.86cm)
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'BIRD WATCHING'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- oil on board with collage
- 16Ύ x 11Ύin. (42.55 x 29.85cm)
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'ABSTRACT COMPOSITION'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil and sand on board
- 20 by 19in., 50 by 47.5cm.
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'WAITIING AND WATCHING'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- oil and collage on Hessian sackcloth
- 29.5 by 25in., 73.75 by 62.5cm.
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'THE LITTLE GREEN MAN, 1963'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- pencil and gouache with collage on card
- 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
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'HENS AND THATCHED COTTAGE'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- gouache
- 15Ύ x 11½in. (40.01 x 29.21cm)
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'MUIRDEACH'S CROSS, MONASTERBOICE'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- pen, ink and wash
- 36 by 23cm., 14 by 9in.
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'THE LITTLE BAY'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- watercolour
- 9Ύ x 14½in. (24.77 x 36.83cm)