James Dixon
The Irish artist and primitive landscape painter James Dixon was born on Tory Island, County Donegal, and aside from the occasional visit to the mainland, remained on the island all his life. He devoted himself to fishing and small farming. He only started painting at the age of 72, after seeing a painter - Derek Hill - at work on a landscape painting. Hill encouraged Dixon and provided him with oils and other art materials, although Dixon made his own paintbrushes from donkey's hair. www.whytes.ie In due course it was Hill who introduced Dixon's artworks to the art world, thus helping Dixon to become an important figure in the history of twentieth-century Irish painting. His painting is seen as an excellent example of Outsider Art, and was the subject of a major exhibition at The Irish Museum of Modern Art - Two Painters: Alfred Wallis and James Dixon, IMMA, Dublin, September - November 1999. www.whytes.ie
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'A VIEW OF THE WEST END VILLAGE, TORY ISLAND, AFTER FINISHING THE HERRING SEASON'
- Price Realised: €9,500
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on paper mounted on board
- 43 by 66cm., 17 by 26in.
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'PORT OF THE WEST END VILLAGE, TORY ISLAND'
- Price Realised: €8,000
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- oil on paper
- 56 by 76cm., 22 by 30in.
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'SCOTCH LUGGERS PASSING TORMORE IN THE EVENING'
- Price Realised: €4,697
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- oil on board
- 55 by 75cm., 21.5 by 29.5in.
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'MISS ROGERS DRIVING THE CATTLE HOME'
- Price Realised: €4,000
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- oil on paper
- 56 by 76cm., 22 by 30in.
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'DOG RACE ON TORY ISLAND, 1967'
- Price Realised: €3,700
- Sale: 29 September 2008
- oil on board
- 56 by 75cm., 22 by 29.5in.
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'HIGHLAND GULLS, 1967'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- oil on paper
- 28 by 61cm., 11 by 24in.
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'GIPSY MOTH COMING ROUND CAPE HORN IN A WHALE GALE, 15 JUNE 1969'
- Price Realised: €1,800
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- oil on paper
- 35 by 37cm., 13.7 5 by 14.5in.