Markey Robinson (1918 - 1999)

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Markey Robinson

Markey Robinson, born James Markus Robinson, was an Irish self-taught artist and sculptor who worked in the Primitivist style.

From the age of 19, Robinson worked on merchant ships as a steward, traveling throughout Canada, the United States and South America. With the outbreak of World War II, he decided to take up painting, studied for a while at the Belfast College of Art, exhibited at the Ulster Academy of Art from 1941-1942 and even had success.

Robinson was known as a rather edgy and eccentric man who led a bohemian lifestyle. The subjects of his generally primitive and expressionist works included nautical themes, clowns, and landscapes of France and Ireland. By the mid-1950s, Robinson was on the lips of critics and the public, exhibited extensively, and was hailed as a genius by the Belfast newspapers. For the rest of his life his work was controversial: some considered him a gifted creator, others a populist who had outlived his early creative originality in the pursuit of profit.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:7 february 1918, Belfast, Ireland
Date and place of death:28 january 1999, Belfast, Ireland
Nationality:United Kingdom, Ireland
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Glass painter, Marine painter, Painter, Sculptor
Genre:Cityscape, Genre art, Landscape painting, Marine art, Rural landscape
Art style:Abstract art, Expressionism, Primitivism
Technique:Gouache, Oil
Medium:Glass, Stained glass

Creators United Kingdom

John Middleton (1827 - 1856)
John Middleton
1827 - 1856
Simon English (1959)
Simon English
1959
Richard Paton (1717 - 1791)
Richard Paton
1717 - 1791
William Burwash ()
William Burwash
Sandra Ackermann (1974)
Sandra Ackermann
1974
Randolph Caldecott (1846 - 1886)
Randolph Caldecott
1846 - 1886
Richard Smith (1931 - 2016)
Richard Smith
1931 - 2016
John Berney Ladbrooke (1803 - 1879)
John Berney Ladbrooke
1803 - 1879
Thomas Robins (the Younger) (1748 - 1806)
Thomas Robins (the Younger)
1748 - 1806
William Gawin Herdman (1805 - 1882)
William Gawin Herdman
1805 - 1882
William Morris (1834 - 1896)
William Morris
1834 - 1896
Jennifer Lee (1956)
Jennifer Lee
1956
Jeremy Deller (1966)
Jeremy Deller
1966
Chris Ofili (1968)
Chris Ofili
1968
Erskine Nicol (1825 - 1904)
Erskine Nicol
1825 - 1904
Orazio Gentileschi (1563 - 1639)
Orazio Gentileschi
1563 - 1639

Creators Abstract art

Heinz Plank (1945)
Heinz Plank
1945
Norbert Hochsider (1879 - 1958)
Norbert Hochsider
1879 - 1958
Sinje Dillenkofer (1959)
Sinje Dillenkofer
1959
Franz Bernhard (1934 - 2013)
Franz Bernhard
1934 - 2013
Inge King (1915 - 2016)
Inge King
1915 - 2016
Nadia Khodasevich-Léger (1904 - 1982)
Nadia Khodasevich-Léger
1904 - 1982
Hans Mendler (1950)
Hans Mendler
1950
Rudolf Stingel (1956)
Rudolf Stingel
1956
Raimundo de Oliveira (1930 - 1966)
Raimundo de Oliveira
1930 - 1966
Jean Arp (1886 - 1966)
Jean Arp
1886 - 1966
Ralph Fleck (1951)
Ralph Fleck
1951
Linda Karshan (1947)
Linda Karshan
1947
Erich Kuithan (1875 - 1917)
Erich Kuithan
1875 - 1917
Ilija Bašičeviċ (1895 - 1972)
Ilija Bašičeviċ
1895 - 1972
Emmi Whitehorse (1957)
Emmi Whitehorse
1957
Freddie Brice (1920 - 1998)
Freddie Brice
1920 - 1998