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    GERARD DILLON, ART AND FRIENDSHIPS

    Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
    Drawn exclusively from private collections in Ireland Gerard Dillon, Art and Friendships is the title of the fourth summer loan exhibition at James Adam.  The exhibition examines his life and the bonds of his friendships from 1940 to 1971. The core group comprised Dillon, brothers George and Arthur Campbell, Arthur Armstrong and Daniel O’Neill and they were known variously as “The Ulster Group”, “The Northern Artists”, “The Ulster Painters” and “The Belfast Painters”.
    The art of Gerard Dillon developed from his naive style of the 1940’s to his experiment with abstract sand paintings in the late 1950’s and found objects in the 1960’s. In his final series the figure of a clown and pierrot set in surreal landscapes ecurrently feature.

    Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) - In the London flate.

    Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) – In the London flat.

    The exhibition is at Adams, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin until July 26 and at the Ava Gallery, Clandeboye Estate, Co. Down from August 1 to August 29.

    Gerard Dillon.

    Gerard Dillon – Tea Party.

    Gerard Dillon - Island Man.

    Gerard Dillon – Island Man.

    CANALETTO’S VENETIAN VIEW TOPS CHRISTIE’S OLD MASTER SALE

    Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

     

    Giovanni Antonio Canaletto (Venice 1697–1768) The Molo, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco, courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2013.

    Giovanni Antonio Canaletto (Venice 1697–1768) The Molo, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco, courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2013. (Click on image to enlarge).

    Canaletto’s view of The Molo, Venice from the Bacino di San Marco was the top lot at Christie’s sale of Old Master and British Paintings in London this evening. It made £8,461,875 against a top estimate of £6 million in an auction which brought in £23,852,300.  There were buyers from 11 countries across four continents.

    Georgina Wilsenach of Christie’s said:  “This sale saw strong prices for paintings from all schools, particularly Italian, Flemish and British. We welcomed, once again, bidders from Asia, the Middle East, South America and Russia as well as the traditional markets of Europe and America, with buyers this evening from 11 countries across 4 continents. This resulted in the impressive price for the Canaletto, which doubled its pre-sale estimate.”

    IRISH SILVER AT SOTHEBY’S LONDON ON JULY 10

    Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

    A pair of Irish silver loving cups and a silver pilgrim flask from The Curragh in 1909 feature at Sotheby’s Arts of Europe auction in London on July 10.  The cups are by Thomas Bolton, Dublin 1735 and are estimated at £6,000-8,000.  Mr. Bolton was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1714 and gave his name to Bolton St. in the city.

    The Irish silver pilgrim flask by West and Sons dates to 1909.  It is inscribed as follows: ‘1909 TURF CLUB CUP RUN CURRACH SEPTEMBER MEETING WON BY “BACHELOR’S LODGE”, BRED AND OWNED BY JOSEPH LOWRY TRAINED BY MICHAEL DAWSON’  and is estimated at £20,000-30,000.

    A LARGE IRISH SILVER PILGRIM FLASK, WEST & SONS, DUBLIN, 1909.

    A LARGE IRISH SILVER PILGRIM FLASK, WEST & SONS, DUBLIN, 1909.

    A PAIR OF IRISH SILVER LOVING CUPS, THOMAS BOLTON, DUBLIN, 1735

    A PAIR OF IRISH SILVER LOVING CUPS, THOMAS BOLTON, DUBLIN, 1735

    MEALY’S AND THE SCOOP FOUNDTION AUCTION IRISH ART

    Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

    A charity auction of Irish art by Mealy’s for The Scoop Foundation takes place at Bewley’s, Ballsbridge, Dublin on July 6. The sale will raise funds for an educational village in Varanasi, India.  Hammer prices will be split with the artist. Here is a small selection of work on offer.

    Jordi Fornies - The Tree Of Knowledge

    Jordi Fornies – The Tree Of Knowledge

    Jack Hickey - You Left Me Out

    Jack Hickey – You Left Me Out

    Duda - Arms Drawn

    Duda – Arms Drawn

    Ronan Goti - Sunrise.

    Ronan Goti – Sunrise.

    MONUMENTAL BEN NICHOLSON WORK AT SOTHEBY’S

    Monday, July 1st, 2013
    Ben Nicholson, o.m. 1894-1982 OCT 61 (MYCENAE - AXE-BLUE).

    Ben Nicholson, o.m.
    1894-1982
    OCT 61 (MYCENAE – AXE-BLUE).  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £1,082,500

    A monumental Ben Nicholson painting, which highlighted the Tate exhibition in 1964 entitled Painting and Sculpture of a Decade 54-64, comes up at Sotheby’s sale of Modern and Post-War British Art in London on July 11. Oct 61 (Mycenae-axe-blue) is on the scale of the artist’s Festival of Brtain’s commission.  It measures four and a half metres across and is from the years Nicholson spent in Switzerland.  Offered for sale for the fist time since it was purchased in New York in 1966 it is estimated at £1-1.5 million.