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Gerard Dillon (1916-1971)
Clown & Harlequin
Watercolour and collage, 39.3 x 56cm (15.5 x 22”)
Signed
Provenance: with Grant Fine Art, Co. Down
Born in Belfast in 1916, Dillon left school at the age of fourteen and became
a painter and decorator. Largely self-taught, he set himself up as an artist in
the 1930s and held his first solo show in Dublin in 1942. In 1967 he suffered
a stroke and this experience altered his work considerably. Previously known
for his landscapes, the notion of imminent death sent his work almost into
another world, a realm of dreams and paintings intimating his death.
€4,000 - 6,000