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'The Irish Potato Famine' by Markey Robinson

Name: 'The Irish Potato Famine' by Markey Robinson
Brand: Markey Robinson
Rating: 5 (6 reviews)

About the Item

The Irish Potato Famine By Markey Robinson (1918-1999) Mixed-media on board 20 x 39.5 inches (30 x 48 inches framed). The Great Famine (1845-1849) was the greatest disaster to visit the peasantry of Ireland. The crop failures caused by late potato blight resulted in the death, by starvation of one million Irish men, women and children. The number of Irish who emigrated to America reached two million. Important Irish artist Markey Robinson painted this picture in 1995 to mark 150 years since the famine. Set in County Mayo the painting depicts women folk attempting to harvest the failed crop. Markey Robinson was born in Belfast and was a landscape/figure painter and a sculptor. Whilst he was educated at Perth Street Elementary School and at the Belfast College of Art, he learnt most of his artistic intelligence from his grandfather and recognised painter/decorator, Thomas Robinson. Markey travelled to Canada and South Africa and in 1942 three of his paintings were first exhibited in the Ulster Academy of Arts exhibition: Autumn landscape; Boulogne; Irish Port, 1940. His work travelled around Ireland and in 1948 his artwork was spread out between three exhibitions. Mansard Gallery, London, CEMA Gallery and Gray’s Gallery, both in Belfast. Robinson returned from Spain in 1969, a fire had destroyed his studio in Belfast and so he returned to Spain for a year and then settled in Dublin. The Irish Independent said, ‘For years before he returned to his native Belfast, Markey lived and worked in a room above the Oriel Gallery, and daily wandered around Dublin dressed like a tramp, searching skips and rubbish tips for boards and paper on which he could paint…. His pockets would be filled with large amounts of cash.’. For some unknown reason, Markey preferred to be paid in cash and it was not until after his death that solicitors were able to trace eleven different bank deposit accounts as well as envelopes of money in his home in Belfast.

Creator:
Markey Robinson (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
Place of Origin:
Ireland, Northern
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1995
Condition:
Seller Location:
Great Britain, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: R10041stDibs: LU2074310953841

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