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Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
Harvest
Acrylic on board 22 x 31.5cm (8.75 x 24.25”)
Signed
€300 - 500
Belfast artist Markey Robinson studied briefly at the Belfast School of Art, but mainly learned
from his grandfather who was a painter and decorator. He worked in various other professions
including as an electrical welder and a lightweight boxer.
His paintings returned to the same themes of people in landscapes or still life, painted with flat
muted colour and dark outlines in almost abstract compositions. He exhibited widely at venues
including the Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, atThe Irish Exhibition of
Living Art, Oriel Gallery and Magee Gallery. His paintings can be found in the collection of the
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Ulster Museum, Queens University and the VHI.