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IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 MAY 2016 AT 6PM
In his biography of Dillon, James White suggested that the high cross carvings plus the influence of manu-
script illuminations, allowed Dillon to move away from the literary nature of much Irish art and to combine
narrative painting with modernist flatness. In The Fish Eaters, Dillon is not illustrating any particular story
but does hint at a narrative that is neither ancient nor modern, but timeless.
Dr Riann Coulter
April 2016
1. Letter from Gerard Dillon to Bernard Smith, 1950, CSIA, National Gallery of Ireland.
2. Niamh NicGhabhann, ‘Ancient and Modern’, Nano Reid and Gerard Dillon, exhibition catalogue, High-
lanes Gallery, Drogheda, 2009, p.52.
€25,000-€35,000 (£19,690-£27,560 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 35