Art images copyright© of artist or assignee
Subscribe or get free alerts
James Donleavy AUCTION RECORDS
1926 New York City - 2017. Known for: Nude figure and portrait painting, writing, illustration.
Born in New York City of Irish parents, James Patrick Donleavy served in the US Navy during World War II. He came to Dublin after the war on the GI Bill of Rights programme and studied macrobiology... Read full biography
Born in New York City of Irish parents, James Patrick Donleavy served in the US Navy during World War II. He came to Dublin after the war on the GI Bill of Rights programme and studied macrobiology at Trinity College. Among his many friends were writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and... Read full biography
Born in New York City of Irish parents, James Patrick Donleavy served in the US Navy during World War II. He came to Dublin after the war on the GI Bill of Rights programme and studied macrobiology at Trinity College. Among his many friends were writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and painter Ralph Cusack. Attracting controversy as a painter he exhibited in the Stephen's Green Gallery in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Jack Yeats commented favourably on his work, especially on his oil... Read full biography
Born in New York City of Irish parents, James Patrick Donleavy served in the US Navy during World War II. He came to Dublin after the war on the GI Bill of Rights programme and studied macrobiology at Trinity College. Among his many friends were writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and painter Ralph Cusack. Attracting controversy as a painter he exhibited in the Stephen's Green Gallery in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Jack Yeats commented favourably on his work, especially on his oil painting technique. It was as a writer that he was to find international fame and his first novel, The Ginger Man (1955) was hailed as a comic masterpiece. Among his other works are A Sin... Read full biography
Born in New York City of Irish parents, James Patrick Donleavy served in the US Navy during World War II. He came to Dublin after the war on the GI Bill of Rights programme and studied macrobiology at Trinity College. Among his many friends were writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and painter Ralph Cusack. Attracting controversy as a painter he exhibited in the Stephen's Green Gallery in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Jack Yeats commented favourably on his work, especially on his oil painting technique. It was as a writer that he was to find international fame and his first novel, The Ginger Man (1955) was hailed as a comic masterpiece. Among his other works are A Sin... Read full biography
James Donleavy - Auction Lots
Showing 1-6 of 6 records (61 for subscribers)
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThree original drawings the first titled `Ah ha keep on pecking but wouldn`t you like to know what I know`...(3)
James Donleavy Auction: 06/27/2014Lot: 35Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Showing 1-6 of 6 records (61 for subscribers)