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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'STRING COLLAGE IN BLUE, 1960'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- oil and sand with string collage on canvas
- 26 x 16in. (66.04 x 40.64cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF DAN O'NEILL'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- watercolour
- 11½ x 9in. (29.21 x 22.86cm)
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'FACES'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- gouache on card
- 11.5 by 8.75in., 28.75 by 21.875cm.
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'UNTITLED [SAND PAINTING]'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- oil and sand on board
- 25 by 30in., 63.5 by 76.2cm.
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'HEAD OF MOLLY, THE ARTIST'S SISTER'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- terracotta bust with painted finish, on a marble plinth
- 24 by 0cm., 9.5 by in.
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'SAILOR'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- watercolour
- 14Ό x 9½in. (36.20 x 24.13cm)
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'THE SPINSTER'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- watercolour
- 15 x 11Ύin. (38.10 x 29.85cm)
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'TALKING TOGETHER'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- ink and pastel with collage element on card
- 19 x 9Όin. (48.26 x 23½cm)
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'TWO MONKS'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- gouache and ink on paper
- 8.25 by 5.25in., 20.955 by 13.335cm.
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'MOTLEY FOOLS, c.1961'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil and sand on board
- 98 by 72cm., 38.5 by 28.5in.
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'COTTAGE AND COW'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- watercolour
- 24 by 34cm., 9.5 by 13.5in.
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'CHRISTMAS CARD TO DAN O'NEILL'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- watercolour, pen and ink on card
- 12 by 13cm., 4.75 by 5.25in.
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'ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- oil, gouache and sand on board
- 35½ x 33½in. (90.17 x 85.09cm)
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'STUDIO FANTASY, 1961'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 26 September 2016
- mixed media
- 9½ x 7in. (24.13 x 17.78cm)
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'"GOING HOME" (FIGURE WITH DOG BY MOONLIGHT)'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- gouache with pastel on paper
- 25 by 35cm., 10 by 13.7 5in.
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'THE BURIAL'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on paper
- 17 by 23cm., 6.75 by 9.25in.
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'ABSTRACT and MAN IN AN ARAN SWEATER (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- the former: pen and ink with wash; the latter lithograph
- 10 by 18cm., 4 by 7in.
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'SELF-PORTRAIT WITH PIERROT AND BIRD'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- photomontage with gouache on paper
- 23 by 28cm., 9.25 by 11in.
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'BRONZE ABSTRACT'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- oil and sand on canvas
- 21 x 29in. (53.34 x 73.66cm)
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'SEA SHAPES'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- gouache with pastel and collage on paper
- 37 by 54cm., 14.5 by 21.2 5in.
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'FOUR SHAWLIES IN CONVERSATION'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- watercolour
- 11 x 7½in. (27.94 x 19.05cm)
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'NATIVITY SCENE (CHRISTMAS CARD)'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 26 May 2007
- wax crayon, watercolour, pen and ink on card
- 13 by 18cm., 5 by 7in.
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'FISH AND PROFILES'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- oil and sand on canvas
- 23 by 33cm., 9 by 13in.
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'ABSTRACT'
- Price Realised: 1,450
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- gouache on card
- 38 by 56cm., 15 by 22in.
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'ABSTRACT'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- mixed media with collage element
- 22 x 15in. (55.88 x 38.10cm)
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'PLANES AND RECESSIONS'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- oil and sand on board
- 30 x 20in. (76.20 x 50.80cm)
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'RIVER BOYNE, 1943'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- watercolour
- 10.75 by 14.75in., 26.875 by 36.875cm.
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'BIRD AND BONES'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- crayon and graphite on board
- 14½ x 11in. (36.83 x 27.94cm)