Pauline Bewick
Pauline Bewick was a painter and illustrator reared on a farm in Co. Kerry and later in England where she lived on a houseboat among other alternative dwellings. Although Bewick did not pursue a formal education, her mothers belief in her abilities instilled a confidence in the artist. She held her first exhibition in the Clog Gallery, Dublin in 1957 and at the Leicester and Piccadilly Galleries in London. Bewick lived and worked in Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry from 1974. She was the subject of major retrospective exhibitions, Two to Fifty (1,500 works) at the Guinness Hop Store in 1985 and The Yellow Man exhibition in 1996 at the RHA Gallery. She published several illustrated books; Dr James White, former Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, was author of her biography in 1985 and she was recorded on film in a 1993 documentary of her life by David Shaw-Smith. In September 1998 she was chosen for a portrait of 100 people who have changed the face of Ireland. The Taylor Galleries, Dublin exhibited Bewicks work for much of her career and hosted a hugely successful exhibition, Pauline Bewick at 75 in 2011. Bewick's works are in two permanent collections of 250 works each; the Waterford Collection on display at the Walton Building, Waterford Institute of Technology and The Kerry Collection on display at Library Place, Killorglin. Bewick published her memoir, "80: A Memoir" in 2015. Following an illustrious career Bewick passed away from cancae in 2022.
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'WOMAN AND BULL, ROSSBEIGH'
- Price Realised: 12,000
- Sale: 18 February 2003
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 80 by 58cm., 31.5 by 23in.
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'ROOK, OAK AND HORSE (DIPTYCH), 1985'
- Price Realised: 10,000
- Sale: 28 November 2011
- watercolour and acrylic on hand-made paper; (diptych)
- 117 by 80cm., 46 by 31.5in.
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'WOMAN FISH AND EEL, 1984'
- Price Realised: 9,000
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- acrylic, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
- 54 by 58cm., 21.25 by 22.75i
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'THEIR CAT, 1978'
- Price Realised: 8,500
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- watercolour
- 30½ x 22½in. (77.47 x 57.15cm)
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'WOMAN WITH BANTAM ON HEAD, 1984'
- Price Realised: 8,200
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- watercolour, acrylic, pen and ink with feathers on paper
- 74 by 79cm., 29 by 31in.
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'THE HOTEL METROPOLE'
- Price Realised: 8,000
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- watercolour, gouache, pen and ink on paper
- 80 by 112cm., 31.5 by 44in.
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'WOMAN AND HER DOG'
- Price Realised: 7,000
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- watercolour, pen and ink on handmade paper
- 77 by 56cm., 30.5 by 22in.
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'GETTING (RIGHT) INTO ORCHIDS, 2001'
- Price Realised: 6,800
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- acrylic on paper laid on board
- 23 x 30Ύin. (58.42 x 78.11cm)
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'RUGBY'
- Price Realised: 6,602
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- watercolour and acrylic on handmade paper laid on a gessoed
- 58 by 104cm., 23 by 41in.
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'INDIA EATING CHERRIES, TUSCANY, 1988'
- Price Realised: 6,200
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- watercolour
- 22½ x 30½in. (57.15 x 77.47cm)
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'THE ORCHARD, 1963'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 34 x 24in. (86.36 x 60.96cm)
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'CLEAN CAT'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- gouache, watercolour, pen and ink on board
- 58 by 65cm., 23 by 25.5in.
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'THREE WHITE GOATS, NOVEMBER 1981'
- Price Realised: 5,800
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- signed and dated lower left; exhibition label on reverse
- 62 by 99cm., 24.5 by 39in.
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'COVER ILLUSTRATION FOR A BOY AND A DOLPHIN'
- Price Realised: 5,600
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- ink and gouache
- 40 x 26½in. (101.60 x 67.31cm)
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'YELLOW MAN UP A FIG TREE, c.1996'
- Price Realised: 5,400
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- oil on canvas
- 80 by 61in., 200 by 152.5cm.
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'CLEAN CAT'
- Price Realised: 5,400
- Sale: 18 May 2009
- watercolour
- 58 by 64cm., 23 by 25in.
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'KING CUPS, FUSCHIA AND BLUEBELLS'
- Price Realised: 5,332
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- pen and watercolour
- 76 by 56cm., 30 by 22in.
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'THE CONSERVATORY'
- Price Realised: 5,300
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- watercolour
- 22½ x 30in. (57.15 x 76.20cm)
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'PEACHES AND GREEN PEARS, TUSCANY, 1988'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 57 by 77cm., 22.5 by 30.5in.
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'LARAGH WEEKEND, 1957'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- pen and ink with watercolour
- 28 by 33cm., 11 by 13in.
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'MISS M. ON KERRY TRAIN, 1974'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on panel
- 34 by 48cm., 13.2 5 by 18.7 5i
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'WYNDHAMS THEATRE (TRIPTYCH), 1984-85'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- watercolour with gouache, ink and gold paint on paper
- 67.5 by 31in., 168.75 by 77.5cm.
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'HER LONG DARK HAIR STREAMED OUT BEHIND HER... from A BOY AND A DOLPHIN'
- Price Realised: 4,400
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- ink and gouache
- 30 x 22in. (76.20 x 55.88cm)
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'MONKEY ON A BRANCH and KESTREL, 1963 (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- pen and ink on artist's board
- 56 by 76cm., 22 by 30in.
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'TREE PEOPLE, 1972'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 102 by 70cm., 40 by 27.5in.
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'MADAME BUTTERFLY AND ORANGE CAT IN CORK, 2004'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- watercolour with pen and ink on paper laid on tinted woven paper
- 34.25 by 25in., 85.625 by 62.5cm.
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'PAT GROWING THINGS'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 58 by 77cm., 23 by 30.5in.
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'WOMAN AND WATERLILIES, 1996'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- watercolour over pen and ink on paper
- 30 by 22in., 76.2 by 55.88cm.