Gerard Dillon
Self-trained as an artist, Belfast-man Gerard Dillon worked as a house-painter and decorator in his early years, though an interest in the arts was apparent even as a teenager. In 1939 he and a friend went on a cycling holiday in the Connemara, an event which his biographer James White has since labelled the most important development of his life (Gerard Dillon: An Illustrated Biography, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1994). www.whytes.ie The imagery of the land, criss-crossed as it was by stone walls and dotted with cottages, and of the people in their brightly coloured home-spun clothes, remained with him for life and reappeared in many of his works. Dillons first solo exhibition was held in 1942 in the Country Shop on St Stephens Green, Dublin, and was opened by the champion of modern art in Ireland, Mainie Jellet. In 1943 Dillon showed his first work at the RHA. During the 1940s and 50s he became the rising star of the Irish avant-garde, his works widely exhibited and written about. His career has commonly been characterised as a succession of different phases, from his early naοve landscapes, to his final dream-scapes, populated by harlequins. Dillon died of a stroke in 1971. A retrospective was held the following year at the Ulster Museum and later at the Hugh Lane Gallery of Art, Dublin. www.whytes.ie
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'NIGHT CIRCUS'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil and sand on board
- 14 x 18in. (35.56 x 45.72cm)
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'UNTITLED'
- Price Realised: 1,250
- Sale: 13 December 2021
- watercolour
- 9½ x 12½in. (24.13 x 31Ύcm)
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'UNTITLED, 1961'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- ink, pastel and watercolour with collage on paper
- 10Ύ x 17½in. (27.31 x 44.45cm)
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'NATIVITY SCENE (CHRISTMAS CARD)'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- watercolour, wax crayon, pen and ink on card
- 13 by 18cm., 5 by 7in.
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'RUINED COTTAGES WITH DONKEYS AND DOG'
- Price Realised: 1,150
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- watercolour
- 10Ό x 14in. (26.04 x 35.56cm)
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'CAT AND BIRD'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- pen and ink with watercolour over pencil
- 22.86 by 27.94cm., 9 by 11in.
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'SLEEPING CAT'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- pen on paper
- 15 by 20cm., 6 by 7.75in.
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'THRESHING IN CONNEMARA, 1944'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- watercolour
- 6Ύ x 9½in. (17.15 x 24.13cm)
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'EVENING STREET SCENE, BELFAST'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 13 December 2021
- watercolour
- 8 x 13in. (20.32 x 33.02cm)
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'COW AND COTTAGES, WEST OF IRELAND'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 27 November 2017
- watercolour
- 6Ύ x 9in. (17.15 x 22.86cm)
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'CHRISTMAS CARD FROM THE ARTIST TO HIS SISTER'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 13 December 2021
- watercolour
- 5Ό x 4Όin. (13.34 x 10.80cm)
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'AT NIGHT NEAR THE FALLS ROAD, BELFAST'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- gouache on paper
- 8 by 12.75in., 20 by 31.875cm.
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'SAILING OFF ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- watercolour
- 4Ύ x 4Όin. (12.07 x 10.80cm)
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'PEEKING FAWN'
- Price Realised: 825
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- mixed media
- 18 by 28cm., 7 by 11in.
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'BOY WITH CAT'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- pen and ink with gouache over printed image [Henry Moore]
- 3.5 by 6.25in., 8.89 by 15.875cm.
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'MAN ROWING'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- monotype
- 7Ό x 10½in. (18.42 x 26.67cm)
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'UP IN BLUE, DOWN IN GREY'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- monotype
- 11 by 9in., 27.5 by 22.5cm.
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'GIRL AT WELL'
- Price Realised: 680
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- etching
- 10 by 13.25in., 25.4 by 33.655cm.
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'STRANGE VISITOR'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- etching; (no. 10 from an edition of 24 artist's proofs)
- 10 x 13Ύin. (25.40 x 34.93cm)
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'MEN AT BAR'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- ink and wash
- 5Ό x 7Όin. (13.34 x 18.42cm)
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'UNTITLED [COLLAGE]'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 13 December 2021
- mixed media
- 11½ x 8½in. (29.21 x 21.59cm)
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'THE ENVELOPE, 1960'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- pen and ink with pastel and collage on card
- 30 by 38cm., 11.7 5 by 15in.
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'COTTAGE WITH CHILD AT DOOR, 1947'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- pen and ink
- 8½ x 11½in. (21.59 x 29.21cm)
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'ANGEL'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- linocut
- 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5in.
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'THREE FIGURES'
- Price Realised: 460
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- monoprint
- 6½ x 5in. (16.51 x 12.70cm)
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'HOLY FAMILY and SNOW SCENE (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 460
- Sale: 11 December 2011
- gouache
- 14 by 11cm., 5.5 by 4.25in.
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'STONE CARVING'
- Price Realised: 360
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- crayon
- 5 x 7in. (12.70 x 17.78cm)
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'FEMALE FIGURE'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 14 June 2021
- monoprint
- 8½ x 5in. (21.59 x 12.70cm)