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J. P. Donleavy

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Born in New York City of Irish parents, James Patrick Donleavy served in the US Navy during World War II. He came to Dublin after the war on the GI Bill of Rights programme and studied microbiology at Trinity College. Among his many friends were writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and painter Ralph Cusack. Attracting controversy as a painter he exhibited in the Stephen's Green Gallery in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Jack Yeats commented favourably on his work, especially on his oil painting technique. However it was as a writer that he was to find international fame and his first novel, The Ginger Man (1955) was hailed as a comic masterpiece, and he had several best sellers in his career. www.whytes.ie He became an Irish citizen in 1967 and lived in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath where he wrote, painted and farmed until his death. While writing became his career his painting took a back seat but he returned to it many times over the years, often providing illustrations for his books or for articles written in magazines such as The New Yorker. He exhibited at the Tom Caldwell Gallery in the 1980s and had a joint exhibition in 1990 in London with his daughter, Karen, a talented painter and highly successful ceramicist . In 2005 to 2007 he exhibited in Dublin, London and New York with Damien Matthews Fine Art. www.whytes.ie
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  • BRENDAN BEHAN by J. P. Donleavy sold for €2,300 at Whyte's Auctions

    'BRENDAN BEHAN'

    • Price Realised: €2,300
    • Sale: 25 April 2006
    • signed lower centre; exhibition label on reverse
    • 30 by 23cm., 11.7 by 9.25in.
  • SELF PORTRAIT by J. P. Donleavy sold for €2,000 at Whyte's Auctions

    'SELF PORTRAIT'

    • Price Realised: €2,000
    • Sale: 15 December 2007
    • watercolour with pen and ink
    • 30 by 24cm., 12 by 9.5in.
  • HAPPY FISH by J. P. Donleavy sold for €1,800 at Whyte's Auctions

    'HAPPY FISH'

    • Price Realised: €1,800
    • Sale: 26 May 2007
    • watercolour with pen and ink
    • 27 by 37cm., 10.5 by 14.5in.
  • FEMALE NUDE TORSO by J. P. Donleavy sold for €1,244 at Whyte's Auctions

    'FEMALE NUDE TORSO'

    • Price Realised: €1,244
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • ink and watercolour
    • 39 by 29cm., 15.5 by 11.5in.
  • SELF PORTRAIT by J. P. Donleavy sold for €914 at Whyte's Auctions

    'SELF PORTRAIT'

    • Price Realised: €914
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • ink and watercolour
    • 38 by 27cm., 15 by 10.5in.
  • PRAY HOMAGE TO THE NEW MOON, 1975 by J. P. Donleavy sold for €750 at Whyte's Auctions

    'PRAY HOMAGE TO THE NEW MOON, 1975'

    • Price Realised: €750
    • Sale: 02 December 2019
    • ink and watercolour
    • 9Ό x 12½in. (23½ x 31Ύcm)
  • WOMAN UNDRESSED IN THE CATACOMBS by J. P. Donleavy sold for €750 at Whyte's Auctions

    'WOMAN UNDRESSED IN THE CATACOMBS'

    • Price Realised: €750
    • Sale: 17 May 2008
    • watercolour with pen and ink
    • 37 by 21cm., 14.7 5 by 8.25in.
  • NUDE STUDY: WOMAN WITH RED FLOWER, 1950 by J. P. Donleavy sold for €680 at Whyte's Auctions

    'NUDE STUDY: WOMAN WITH RED FLOWER, 1950'

    • Price Realised: €680
    • Sale: 28 March 2022
    • watercolour

    • 19 x 12in. (48.26 x 30.48cm)
  • YELLOW BIRD by J. P. Donleavy sold for €660 at Whyte's Auctions

    'YELLOW BIRD'

    • Price Realised: €660
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • ink and watercolour
    • 18 by 24cm., 7 by 9.5in.
  • WOMAN IN HAT by J. P. Donleavy sold for €635 at Whyte's Auctions

    'WOMAN IN HAT'

    • Price Realised: €635
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • ink and watercolour
    • 24 by 29cm., 9.5 by 11.5in.
  • BIRD OBSERVING THERE IS NOTHING THERE by J. P. Donleavy sold for €600 at Whyte's Auctions

    'BIRD OBSERVING THERE IS NOTHING THERE'

    • Price Realised: €600
    • Sale: 05 October 2020
    • ink and watercolour
    • 10 x 14in. (25.40 x 35.56cm)
  • FISH by J. P. Donleavy sold for €508 at Whyte's Auctions

    'FISH'

    • Price Realised: €508
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • ink and watercolour
    • 23 by 33cm., 9 by 13in.
  • NUDE STUDY: WOMAN WITH RED FLOWER, 1950 by J. P. Donleavy sold for €400 at Whyte's Auctions

    'NUDE STUDY: WOMAN WITH RED FLOWER, 1950'

    • Price Realised: €400
    • Sale: 02 March 2009
    • watercolour with pen and ink lower right on paper
    • 48 by 30cm., 19 by 12in.
  • MYTHICAL ANIMAL by J. P. Donleavy sold for €381 at Whyte's Auctions

    'MYTHICAL ANIMAL'

    • Price Realised: €381
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • watercolour
    • 17 by 23cm., 6.5 by 9in.
  • SELF PORTRAIT, 1990 and LADY WEARING A HAT (A PAIR) by J. P. Donleavy sold for €360 at Whyte's Auctions

    'SELF PORTRAIT, 1990 and LADY WEARING A HAT (A PAIR)'

    • Price Realised: €360
    • Sale: 24 October 2016
    • ink and watercolour; (2)
    • 15 x 10½in. (38.10 x 26.67cm)
  • SMILING DOG by J. P. Donleavy sold for €330 at Whyte's Auctions

    'SMILING DOG'

    • Price Realised: €330
    • Sale: 10 October 2000
    • ink
    • 18 by 25cm., 7 by 10in.
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