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Lot 197 Markey Robinson-WINTER, MOURNE MOUNTAINS
Markey Robinson-WINTER, MOURNE MOUNTAINS
oil on boardsigned lower right; signed again and with title on reverse
14 by 34in., 35.56 by 86.36cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance: Purchased by the previous owner in the mid 1960s from the Caldwell Galleries, Belfast
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Notes: The 1960s and 70s were defining years for Markey Robinson. Specific catalysts which effected a change in his practice at this time included the break-up of his marriage and the gradual departure of his wife and daughters to the United States. Paul O’Kelly (Markey at The Oriel, The Oriel Gallery, Dublin, 2008, p.18) notes, “This was to be a turning-point in his life, providing him with a melancholic leitmotif - the retreating female form - for his paintings…” ‘The troubles’ in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 1960s also shaped him in that he would now lose Belfast as his “centre of gravity” (ibid) by relocating to Dublin. The move however strengthened his relationship with The Oriel Gallery and sales of his work facilitated travel abroad.
oil on boardsigned lower right; signed again and with title on reverse
14 by 34in., 35.56 by 86.36cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance: Purchased by the previous owner in the mid 1960s from the Caldwell Galleries, Belfast
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes: The 1960s and 70s were defining years for Markey Robinson. Specific catalysts which effected a change in his practice at this time included the break-up of his marriage and the gradual departure of his wife and daughters to the United States. Paul O’Kelly (Markey at The Oriel, The Oriel Gallery, Dublin, 2008, p.18) notes, “This was to be a turning-point in his life, providing him with a melancholic leitmotif - the retreating female form - for his paintings…” ‘The troubles’ in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 1960s also shaped him in that he would now lose Belfast as his “centre of gravity” (ibid) by relocating to Dublin. The move however strengthened his relationship with The Oriel Gallery and sales of his work facilitated travel abroad.
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