Markey Robinson

Artist Markey Robinson (christened David Marcus) was born in Belfast in 1918. The son of a painter/decorator, Markey was mainly self-taught and did not access art school until the late 1930s where he trained briefly at the Belfast School of Art. Like many artists before him, Markey dabbled in different professions before pursuing his creative endeavours. He was a featherweight boxer known as ‘Boyo Marko’ and also worked as a merchant seaman travelling widely throughout this time. His oeuvre includes paintings from Europe and North America, where he spent time with the Native American community, Asia and Africa. Inspired by the work of French artist Georges-Henri Rouault, Markey’s style is similarly characterised by the use of heavy, bold, black outlines within his paintings. Markey’s subjects include clowns, still-lives, animals, land and seascapes. He exhibited with the Ulster Academy of Arts and Heals Mansard Gallery in London throughout the 1940s before showing works in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin in 1977. In 1953 he befriended Oriel Gallery founder Oliver Nulty who championed him and held annual exhibitions of his work from the 1970s and until his death in 1999. Markey designed the stained-glass panels above the door of the Oriel Gallery in 1978; these can still be seen today at their premises in Clare Street, Dublin. His reputation as an artist has grown considerably since his death and his work continues to be highly sought after particularly at auction. Markey’s work can be found in numerous private and public collections including the Ulster Museum, Belfast and Queen’s University Fine Arts Collection in Belfast, among others. (whytes.ie)

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'THE TINKERS CAMP'
- Price Realised: €40,000
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- oil on masonite board
- 61 by 122cm., 24 by 48in.
'MOON OVER THE VILLAGE NEAR GALWAY, 1967'
- Price Realised: €40,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- oil on masonite board
- 61 by 122cm., 24 by 48in.
'LA FEMME DE LA MER'
- Price Realised: €33,000
- Sale: 28 April 2008
- oil on board
- 51 by 89cm., 20 by 35in.
'FISHING VILLAGE, circa 1950'
- Price Realised: €32,000
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- gouache on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
'WOMEN WATCHING THE RETURN OF THE FISHING FLEET'
- Price Realised: €27,000
- Sale: 28 November 2006
- oil on board
- 62 by 98cm., 24.5 by 38.5in.
'A FRENCH VILLAGE IN AUTUMN'
- Price Realised: €26,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- gouache on board
- 81 by 56cm., 32 by 22in.
'CORN GLEANERS'
- Price Realised: €25,000
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- oil on board
- 53 by 65cm., 21 by 25.5in.
'THE POTATO GATHERERS'
- Price Realised: €24,000
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- oil on board
- 41 by 109cm., 16 by 43in.
'FISHING BOATS, ARDGLASS'
- Price Realised: €24,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- oil on board
- 61 by 91cm., 24 by 36in.
'FRENCH VILLAGE STREET'
- Price Realised: €23,000
- Sale: 26 May 2007
- gouache on board
- 48 by 74cm., 19 by 29.2in.
'BLUE GATE TO THE VILLAGE'
- Price Realised: €22,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- oil on board
- 66 by 102cm., 26 by 40in.
'DEEP SEA SAILORS, circa 1955'
- Price Realised: €21,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- gouache on board
- 37 by 80cm., 14.5 by 31.5in.
'GALWAY HOOKERS BY A QUAY'
- Price Realised: €20,000
- Sale: 26 May 2007
- gouache on board
- 47 by 74cm., 18.5 by 29in.
'THE FRUITFUL EARTH'
- Price Realised: €20,000
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on board
- 61 by 112cm., 24 by 44in.
'THE POTATO GATHERERS'
- Price Realised: €20,000
- Sale: 21 September 2004
- oil on canvas
- 61 by 91cm., 24 by 36in.
'FISHING VILLAGE'
- Price Realised: €20,000
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on board
- 47 by 57cm., 18.5 by 22.5in.
'NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL'
- Price Realised: €19,045
- Sale: 08 March 2000
- gouache on board
- 80 by 64cm., 31.5 by 25in.
'SEASIDE VILLAGE WITH SHAWLIE AND YACHTS'
- Price Realised: €19,045
- Sale: 08 March 2000
- oil on board
- 56 by 79cm., 22 by 31in.
'VILLAGE WITH WOMAN AND CHILD ON A PATH'
- Price Realised: €19,000
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on board
- 50 by 102cm., 19.5 by 40in.
'FIGURES IN A STREET, PARIS'
- Price Realised: €19,000
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- oil on board
- 42 by 52cm., 16.5 by 20.5in.
'HARVEST SCENE'
- Price Realised: €18,000
- Sale: 26 May 2007
- gouache on board
- 46 by 54cm., 18.2 by 21.2in.
'TWO SHAWLIES ON A ROAD LEADING TO VILLAGE'
- Price Realised: €17,000
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- oil on board
- 52 by 77cm., 20.5 by 30.5in.
'FISHERFOLK LOADING BOATS'
- Price Realised: €17,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on board
- 48 by 122cm., 19 by 48in.
'FISHING HARBOUR WITH VILLAGE BEYOND'
- Price Realised: €16,500
- Sale: 28 November 2006
- oil on board
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
'FISHWIVES WATCHING THE BOATS'
- Price Realised: €16,500
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- oil on board
- 91 by 112cm., 36 by 44in.
'AUTUMN VILLAGE (circa 1960)'
- Price Realised: €16,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
'FLOWER MARKET, PLACE DE LA MADELEINE, PARIS'
- Price Realised: €16,000
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
'WATCHING THE BOATS'
- Price Realised: €15,500
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- gouache on board
- 60 by 103cm., 23.5 by 40.5in.

'THE TINKERS CAMP'

'MOON OVER THE VILLAGE NEAR GALWAY, 1967'

'LA FEMME DE LA MER'

'FISHING VILLAGE, circa 1950'

'WOMEN WATCHING THE RETURN OF THE FISHING FLEET'

'A FRENCH VILLAGE IN AUTUMN'

'CORN GLEANERS'

'THE POTATO GATHERERS'

'FISHING BOATS, ARDGLASS'

'FRENCH VILLAGE STREET'

'BLUE GATE TO THE VILLAGE'

'DEEP SEA SAILORS, circa 1955'

'GALWAY HOOKERS BY A QUAY'

'THE FRUITFUL EARTH'

'THE POTATO GATHERERS'

'FISHING VILLAGE'

'NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL'

'SEASIDE VILLAGE WITH SHAWLIE AND YACHTS'

'VILLAGE WITH WOMAN AND CHILD ON A PATH'

'FIGURES IN A STREET, PARIS'

'HARVEST SCENE'

'TWO SHAWLIES ON A ROAD LEADING TO VILLAGE'

'FISHERFOLK LOADING BOATS'

'FISHING HARBOUR WITH VILLAGE BEYOND'

'FISHWIVES WATCHING THE BOATS'

'AUTUMN VILLAGE (circa 1960)'

'FLOWER MARKET, PLACE DE LA MADELEINE, PARIS'

'WATCHING THE BOATS'