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41 Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) Red Nude with Loving Pierrotsigned lower right
oil on canvas
91.75 x 122cm (36 x 48in)
Provenance:
Dawson Gallery, Dublin;
Taylor Galleries, Dublin;
Private Collection
Exhibited:
Irish Exhibition of Living Art (IELA) 1970
Literature:
Gerard Dillon - An Illustrated Biography by James White
and Published by Wolfhound Press. Illustrated on page 107
€15,000-25,000 (£13,043-21,739)
Dillon was born in Belfast in 1916. About 1936 he started out as an artist, almost entirely self-taught but attended art classes in
Belfast for a short period. He and Dan O’Neill were painting acquaintances.
In 1958, Dillon had the double honour of representing Ireland at the Guggenheim International, and Great Britain at the Pittsburg
International Exhibition. He travelled widely in Europe and taught for brief periods in the London art schools.
In 1967, Dillon had a stroke and from this time his work changed direction. He realised that he had a problem from which he was
most likely going to die prematurely. This notion of imminent death sent his work almost into another world, a realm of dreams and
paintings intimating his death.