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1918 Belfast, Ireland - 1999 Belfast, Ireland. Known for: Expressionist landscape painting and sculpture.
Markey Robinson (1918-99). The Irish expressionist artist, landscape painter and sculptor Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918. An avid reader of fine art books as a child, he trained for a... Read full biography
Markey Robinson (1918-99). The Irish expressionist artist, landscape painter and sculptor Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918. An avid reader of fine art books as a child, he trained for a time at the Belfast College of Art. It was then time to earn a living. Robinson became a merchant... Read full biography
Markey Robinson (1918-99). The Irish expressionist artist, landscape painter and sculptor Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918. An avid reader of fine art books as a child, he trained for a time at the Belfast College of Art. It was then time to earn a living. Robinson became a merchant seaman, and later a welder, but his main passion remained painting. Sadly, the next thirty years were tough. Despite showing his paintings in a number of exhibitions, it wasn't until the 1980s that he... Read full biography
Markey Robinson (1918-99). The Irish expressionist artist, landscape painter and sculptor Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918. An avid reader of fine art books as a child, he trained for a time at the Belfast College of Art. It was then time to earn a living. Robinson became a merchant seaman, and later a welder, but his main passion remained painting. Sadly, the next thirty years were tough. Despite showing his paintings in a number of exhibitions, it wasn't until the 1980s that he achieved significant commercial success as an artist. Now noted as the foremost Irish Primitive* painter, Markey Robinson began exhibiting his works in 1942 when three of his paintings - Autumn Landscape, Boulogne and Irish Port, 1940 were shown at the... Read full biography
Markey Robinson (1918-99). The Irish expressionist artist, landscape painter and sculptor Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918. An avid reader of fine art books as a child, he trained for a time at the Belfast College of Art. It was then time to earn a living. Robinson became a merchant seaman, and later a welder, but his main passion remained painting. Sadly, the next thirty years were tough. Despite showing his paintings in a number of exhibitions, it wasn't until the 1980s that he achieved significant commercial success as an artist. Now noted as the foremost Irish Primitive* painter, Markey Robinson began exhibiting his works in 1942 when three of his paintings - Autumn Landscape, Boulogne and Irish Port, 1940 were shown at the Royal Ulster Academy* of Arts exhibition. Another show in Belfast the following year was followed b... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Bronze
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface