21st May, 2024 10:00
The May Auctions 2024
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ARR Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
Landscape with Cottages, Woman and Child
signed lower right
bears label to the reverse
oil on canvas
40.9cm x 61cm
Provenance:from the Collection of Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl, Catalogue No 65, as indicated on the label to the reverse.
Footnote:Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl (1894-1961) was a refugee from Vienna who arrived with his wife Annie in Belfast in 1939, where they established Anny Lewinter Ltd , a major employer in Newtownards which produced high-quality knitwear. Zoltan quickly became a key supporter, friend and buyer of work by local Irish artists such as Gerard Dillon, Daniel O’Neill, Colin Middleton, Markey Robinson and Jack Yeats, and their work was proudly displayed throughout the factory.
Included in Zoltan’s group of ‘intimates’ in Belfast were the painters Stanley Spencer and particularly Markey Robinson, whom Frankl described as ‘the most amazing personality I have met for some time’.
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Sold for £4,800
Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
Landscape with Cottages, Woman and Child
signed lower right
bears label to the reverse
oil on canvas
40.9cm x 61cm
from the Collection of Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl, Catalogue No 65, as indicated on the label to the reverse.
Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl (1894-1961) was a refugee from Vienna who arrived with his wife Annie in Belfast in 1939, where they established Anny Lewinter Ltd , a major employer in Newtownards which produced high-quality knitwear. Zoltan quickly became a key supporter, friend and buyer of work by local Irish artists such as Gerard Dillon, Daniel O’Neill, Colin Middleton, Markey Robinson and Jack Yeats, and their work was proudly displayed throughout the factory.
Included in Zoltan’s group of ‘intimates’ in Belfast were the painters Stanley Spencer and particularly Markey Robinson, whom Frankl described as ‘the most amazing personality I have met for some time’.
Modern Art & Design
Including Silver & Jewellery, Wines & Spirits, & Cigars
Chorley's bi-annual auction of Modern Art & Design including furniture, works of art, jewellery and crafts including private collections of Studio Ceramics
Framed and glazed. Good overall condition. Picture surface is stable, with some small areas of loss and abrasion.
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