Gerard Dillon Art for Sale and Sold Prices

Biography

Born in Belfast, Ireland in 1916, artist Gerard Dillon left school in his early teens to become a painter and decorator. He briefly studied at the Belfast Technical School and then moved to London to pursue a career as an artist. Over the next several years, artist Dillon displayed his artwork in London and Dublin, and had his first solo exhibition at the Country Shop of Dublin in 1942.

He gained worldwide acclaim as a figurative artist and landscape painter in the late 1950s after representing Ireland at the Guggenheim International Show in New York and Great Britain at the Pittsburgh International Exhibition. Some of his most well-know oil and watercolour paintings include Disused Brickfield, Italian with Fowl, The Widow Woman, and Connemara Lovers.

Gerard Dillon's paintings and prints were influenced by several artists, including Sean Keating and Marc Chagall. He has oil and watercolour paintings for sale and on display throughout Ireland and international galleries. Vintage watercolor paintings for sale at Invaluable encompass every theme, from landscape to figural, so you'll easily find a piece to suit your tastes.