Markey Robinson
Markey Robinson was a landscape, figure painter and sculpture. He was born in Belfast and studied at Perth Street Elementary School before attending Belfast College of Art. He learnt much of his artistic skill from his grandfather, Thomas Robinson, who was a painter and decorator.At the Ulster Academy of Arts exhibition in 1942, three of his paintings were included. He was then represented at the Ulster Academy exhibition in 1944, in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. His work continued to travel, showing paintings in the Mansard Gallery (London) the CEMA Gallery and Gray’s Gallery (both Belfast), and at the Contemporary Ulster Paintings exhibition in Edinburgh.
Returning from a working trip in Spain in 1969, Robinson discovered a fire had destroyed his Belfast studio. He returned to Spain for a year before settling in Dublin. The Irish Independent described his stay in Dublin: ‘For years before he returned to his native Belfast, Markey lived and worked in a room above the Oriel Gallery, and daily wandered around Dublin dressed like a tramp, searching skips and rubbish tips for boards and paper on which he could paint.’
Exhibitions of Robinson’s work continued at the Bell Gallery and Oriel Gallery, also at the Eleves Gallery in Paris and Redfern Gallery in London. During the 1980s, his solo exhibitions continued in the Farins Gallery (Washington D.C.), the Peel Gallery (Montreal), Galerie Weber (Geneva), George Gallery (Dublin), and Emer Gallery (Belfast).
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Markey Robinson
'ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER SEINE IN WINTER'
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'ON THE PATH TO AN IRISH VILLAGE'
SIZE: H 16" x W 25"
Result:
€3,636
Date: 04/12/2025
'WEST OF IRELAND LANDSCAPE'
SIZE: H 18" x W 24"
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€3,448
Date: 03/09/2025
'A ROW OF HOUSES IN AN IRISH VILLAGE'
SIZE: H 4.5" x W 18"
Result:
€2,759
Date: 29/09/2025
'AND OFF THEY SAIL'
SIZE: H 12" x W 16"
Result:
€2,644
Date: 29/09/2025
'IRISH FISHING BOATS IN A HARBOUR'
SIZE: H 16" x W 22"
Result:
€2,619
Date: 06/05/2025
'SHAWLIES CHATTING BY THE SHORE'
SIZE: H 10" x W 16"
Result:
€2,414
Date: 29/09/2025
'SHAWLIE IN THE WEST OF IRELAND'
SIZE: H 14" x W 20"
Result:
€2,262
Date: 06/05/2025
'STILL LIFE, JUGS & FRUIT'
SIZE: H 23" x W 16"
Result:
€2,262
Date: 05/08/2025
'IRISH COTTAGES ON THE COAST'
SIZE: H 7" x W 12"
Result:
€2,024
Date: 05/08/2025
'SHAWLIES BY THE GREEN BOATS'
SIZE: H 7" x W 12"
Result:
€1,905
Date: 05/08/2025
'TREES BY THE LOUGH'
SIZE: H 13" x W 26"
Result:
€1,786
Date: 10/06/2025
'SHAWLIE ON THE PATH TO THE SEA'
SIZE: H 9" x W 19"
Result:
€1,724
Date: 28/10/2025
'RETURNING HOME'
SIZE: H 14" x W 19"
Result:
€1,667
Date: 10/06/2025
'A QUIET WALK HOME'
SIZE: H 12" x W 15"
Result:
€1,667
Date: 05/08/2025
'RETURNING HOME, SHAWLIES IN THE WEST'
SIZE: H 5.5" x W 18"
Result:
€1,494
Date: 25/11/2025