Patrick Collins
Patrick Collins was born in Dromore West, Co. Sligo. After his father died from tuberculosis, the family moved to Sligo where his mother ran a small grocery shop. From his youth Collins possessed an absorbing interest in wild-life and would often explore the Sligo countryside. He was sent to boarding-school in Dublin and afterwards found employment in an insurance company, where he worked for about twenty years. In his spare time Collins read extensively and would play rugby each Saturday with the Clontarf Rugby Club. He did not begin to paint until his late twenties. www.whytes.ie He began to attend evening-classes at the National College of Art and attended the life-classes of George Collie. In the mid 1940s he left his job and went to live in a tower in Howth Castle. Whilst there he immersed himself in painting and the tower became a gathering place for writers and artists. In 1950 he began exhibiting in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and continued to do so for the next twenty years. In 1956 he held his first solo exhibition at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin. Collins work was included in many important group exhibitions during his career, notably the Art Councils modern Irish painting selection which began its European tour in 1969. In 1971 the artist moved to Paris with almost disastrous consequences. In the two years he spent in the city Collins resided at nine different addresses and sometimes lived at a point of near starvation. He left Paris to live in Normandy and then Nice, before returning to Ireland in 1979. In 1980 he was elected HRHA and in the following year he became a member of Aosdana. A retrospective of Collins work was held in the Sligo Art Gallery in 1985. In the late 1980s he received an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin and was elected Saoi by his fellow Aosdana members. He died at his home in Monkstown in 1994. Works by the artist can be seen in collections throughout Ireland, including the Ulster Museum, National Gallery of Ireland and Crawford Municipal Art Gallery. www.whytes.ie
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'SNOW ON THE HILLS, 1979'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil on canvas
- 18 x 20in. (45.72 x 50.80cm)
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'AGING CAT, 1969'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- oil on board
- 16 by 20.5in., 40 by 51.25cm.
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'SEA AND RAIN, 1978'
- Price Realised: 5,800
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- oil on canvas
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'LAKE RIVER, c.1967'
- Price Realised: 5,600
- Sale: 30 September 2024
- oil on board
- 13½ x 19in. (34.29 x 48.26cm)
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'CLOUD ON THE HILL, DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 5,500
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- oil on board
- 12 x 14in. (30.48 x 35.56cm)
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'UNTITLED, 1984'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 30 September 2024
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
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'FLOWERPIECE NO. 1, c.1967'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- oil on board
- 9 x 12in. (22.86 x 30.48cm)
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'MOON OVER THE LAKE'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- oil on board
- 11 x 14in. (27.94 x 35.56cm)
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'SOLEIL NOIR'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- oil on canvas
- 48 by 56cm., 19 by 22in.
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'OFFSHORE ISLAND, 1970'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil on board
- 11½ x 15Ύin. (29.21 x 40.01cm)
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'BOATS PULLED UP, 1978'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 30 September 2024
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'SEA WOMAN, 1962'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- oil on board
- 14 by 12in., 35 by 30cm.
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'DESERTED COTTAGES, c.1973'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 27 May 2024
- oil on board
- 8 x 12in. (20.32 x 30.48cm)
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'OISΝN OF THE BIRDS, c.1950s'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil on board
- 16 by 14.5in., 40 by 36.25cm.
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'THE ARTIST'S PALETTE'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- oil on board
- 47.5 by 47.5in., 118.75 by 118.75cm.
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'STUDY OF SWALLOWS'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 19 February 2002
- oil on unstretched canvas
- 27 by 36cm., 10.5 by 14in.
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'HEAD OF A WOMAN'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- oil on panel
- 16 x 11Όin. (40.64 x 28.58cm)
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'LOOKING FOR OSCAR WILDE - PΘRE LACHAISE, PARIS, 1984'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- oil on canvas; (irregular)
- 19.25 by 25in., 49 by 64cm.
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'VILLAGE, PLAN DE GRASSE'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- crayon
- 20 by 27cm., 8 by 10.5in.
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'STAGE SET FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- mixed media on paper
- 7Ύ x 10Όin. (19.69 x 26.04cm)
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'TEA THINGS, 1977'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on canvas
- 10 x 9in. (25.40 x 22.86cm)
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'OLD ROAD, DONEGAL, 1988'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- oil on canvas; irregular
- 19.5 by 23in., 48.75 by 57.5cm.
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'NIGHT RAIDER'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- oil on canvas; (irregular)
- 18 x 22in. (45.72 x 55.88cm)
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'FISH'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- pencil on paper
- 17 by 21cm., 6.5 by 8.25in.
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'HEADS OF MIRO (SET OF SIX)'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- pen and ink on paper
- 61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.
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'ABSTRACT SPIRAL COMPOSITION'
- Price Realised: 698
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- lithograph
- 56 by 55cm., 22 by 21.5in.