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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'ASLEEP ON A TUSSOCK, 1976'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 06 March 2023
- ink and watercolour
- 19½ x 25in. (49.53 x 63½cm)
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'PULLING WATERLILIES, 1996 or SAYLOR AND WOMAN'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- watercolour over pen and ink on paper
- 30 by 22.25in., 76.2 by 56.515cm.
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'RUNNING HARE'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 09 November 2006
- glazed terracotta urn
- 37 by 33cm., 14.5 by 13in.
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'READING CLARE B IN BED, 1985'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- watercolour
- 23 x 17½in. (58.42 x 44.45cm)
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'CAT IN JINKS'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- ink on paper on panel
- 21Ύ x 29Ύin. (55Ό x 75.57cm)
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'PRIMROSES AND HENS, 1982'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- watercolour on handmade paper
- 22.5 by 30.75in., 56.25 by 76.875cm.
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'CIRCUS BOX, 1967'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- watercolour
- 30Ύ x 22½in. (78.11 x 57.15cm)
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'LILIES AND REEKS, 1990-1996'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- watercolour over pen and ink on paper
- 21.75 by 30in., 55.245 by 76.2cm.
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'TREE PEOPLE, 1972'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 40 x 27½in. (101.60 x 69.85cm)
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'IRIS AND KINGCUPS, 1996'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- watercolour over pen and ink on paper
- 22.5 by 30in., 57.15 by 76.2cm.
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'GIRL CYCLING THROUGH A TOWN, 1957'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- pen and ink with crayon and watercolour
- 24 by 29cm., 9.5 by 11.5in.
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'FUCHSIA, 1977'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- pencil and watercolour
- 22 x 30in. (55.88 x 76.20cm)
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'TAPESTRY IDEA, 1968'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- gouache
- 30½ x 22Ύin. (77.47 x 57.79cm)
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'DUCK AND MAN IN BOAT, 1966'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- watercolour
- 22 x 30in. (55.88 x 76.20cm)
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'MONKEY IN THE HIMALAYAS, 1996'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- watercolour and gouache on handmade paper
- 30 x 22in. (76.20 x 55.88cm)
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'TANGLE OF SALLYS, 1985'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 29 by 25cm., 11.2 by 9.75in.
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'BABY ON A BADGER, 1985'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 14 December 2020
- watercolour and ink
- 10 x 11½in. (25.40 x 29.21cm)
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'BUDDA HIS DOG AND OTHER THINGS, 2001'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- watercolour over pen and ink
- 20 by 29cm., 7.75 by 11.5in.
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'"EXERCISES"'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- gouache, pen and ink
- 20 by 28cm., 8 by 11in.
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'FOSSETT'S HORSE RIDES'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- gouache, pen and ink
- 20 by 28cm., 8 by 11in.
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'CARAGH LAKE, COUNTY KERRY, 1979'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 28 November 2022
- ink and watercolour
- 14½ x 19in. (36.83 x 48.26cm)
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'WOMAN, FOXGLOVE AND TREES, 2003'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- pastel over ink on tinted wove paper
- 30.5 by 22.25in., 76.25 by 55.625cm.
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'KILLARNEY, COUNTY KERRY, 1979-1981'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- watercolour with gouache over pen and ink
- 31 by 22.5in., 77.5 by 56.25cm.
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'METAMORPHOSIS - WOMAN AND MOTH'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil
- 104 by 71cm., 41 by 28in.
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'GOOD MORNING BUTTERFLY'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 19 February 2002
- watercolour with pen & ink
- 29 by 19cm., 11.5 by 7.5in.
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'IRISH ANIMAL SERIES (SET OF SIX)'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- photolithographic prints: (6); (nos. 19 from an edition of 350); (unframed)
- 24 x 17in. (60.96 x 43.18cm)
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'MEAN FIDDLER, LONDON, 1987'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- ink, watercolour iridescent paint on woven paper
- 10 x 13in. (25.40 x 33.02cm)
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'MO'S KITCHEN OUTSIDE, AUGUST 1990'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- pen and ink with watercolour
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.