Gerard Dillon (Leaving Cert Art): Flashcards
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Gerard Dillon's birth and death years
Gerard Dillon's birth and death years
1916-1971
Gerard Dillon's birthplace
Gerard Dillon's birthplace
Belfast
Gerard Dillon's artistic style
Gerard Dillon's artistic style
Folk art (or naive art)
Age Dillon left school
Age Dillon left school
Fourteen
Year Dillon pursued art as career
Year Dillon pursued art as career
Around 1936 (age 20)
Dillon's paintings were not literal but...
Dillon's paintings were not literal but...
Emotional responses and interactions
Dillon's famous landscape subject
Dillon's famous landscape subject
Connemara
Year of Dillon's first solo exhibition
Year of Dillon's first solo exhibition
1942
Who opened Dillon's first solo exhibition
Who opened Dillon's first solo exhibition
Mainie Jellett
Year Dillon represented Ireland & GB in intl. exhibitions
Year Dillon represented Ireland & GB in intl. exhibitions
1958 (Guggenheim & Pittsburg International)
Year Noreen Rice introduced to Dillon
Year Noreen Rice introduced to Dillon
1951
Materials Dillon used for texture
Materials Dillon used for texture
Leather and string (found objects)
Dillon's 1969 political action
Dillon's 1969 political action
Withdrew works from Belfast exhibition in protest
Year Dillon suffered a stroke
Year Dillon suffered a stroke
1967
Dillon's death date and age
Dillon's death date and age
14 June 1971, age 55