Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 12th November 2018

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 12 th N ovember 2018 at 6.00 pm 101 85 Markey Robinson (1918-1999) Where the Mountains O’Mourne Sweep Down to the Sea signed lower left gouache on board 91.75 x 122.5cm (36 x 48in) Provenance: The Oriel Gallery, Dublin (label verso) where purchased by the present owner Literature: ‘Markey At The Oriel’ by Paul O’Kelly, published by The Oriel Gallery, illustrated on page 2 €8,000-€12,000 (£7,142-£10,714) Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918. He was the son of a house painter and spent time as a boxer and as a merchant sail- or. He trained at the Belfast College of Art and was a prolific Irish artist with a distinctive naive expressionist style. His first exhi- bitions were in Belfast during World War II. His paintings cover a wide range of subjects, but there are certain recurring features. These may appear separately or in combination. Village scenes of cottages in which the gable end of the cottage is distinctive as in this work. Frequently, there are no windows visible in these cottages. Women wearing dark shawls - no facial features are visible. As an artist, Markey Robinson produced artworks with similar elements to those of Matisse, Derain and Picasso (especially his clown and figure studies). His work has also been influenced by the Incas and the Aztecs, as evidenced by his authentic style of bold brush paintwork.