WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 29 MAY 2023 AT 6PM

147 IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART - 29 MAY 2023 AT 6PM 117 Markey Robinson (1918-1999) DELIVERING THE MILK gouache signed lower left 13 by 28in. (33 by 71.1cm) Frame Size: 15 by 31in. (38.1 by 78.7cm) Provenance: Purchased by the previous owner from the Caldwell Galleries, Belfast, mid 1960s; Whyte’s, 10 October 2011, lot 155; Private collection The 1960s and 70s were defining years for Markey Robinson. Specific catalysts which effected a change in his practice at this time included the break-up of his marriage and the gradual departure of his wife and daughters to the United States. Paul O’Kelly (Markey at The Oriel, The Oriel Gallery, Dublin, 2008, p.18) notes, “This was to be a turning-point in his life, providing him with a melancholic leitmotif – the retreating female form - for his paintings…”‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 1960s also shaped him in that he would now lose Belfast as his “centre of gravity” (ibid) by relocating to Dublin. The move however strengthened his relationship with The Oriel Gallery and sales of his work facilitated travel abroad. €5,000-€7,000 (£4,390-£6,140 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot117