About Markey Robinson Art Collection

This website showcases a collection of beautiful original art by Belfast based Irish artist the late Markey Robinson (1918-1999) and also 2 pieces by his talented daughter Annie Robinson.

The owner of this collection is based in Northern Ireland and does not want to share their identity publicly at this time but are happy to answer any enquiries by email.

All displayed art pieces are for sale unless stated otherwise.

About Markey Robinson

Robinson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 7th February 1918, the son of a house painter. He trained at the Belfast College of Art. He took part in boxing matches, under the name “Boyo Marko”, and later worked as a merchant seaman. Robinson’s first exhibitions were in Belfast during World War II. He became better known through over 20 exhibitions of his work at the Oriel Gallery in Dublin, where he used the upstairs framing room as his studio. As well as a steady stream of sales of individual pictures. The Royal Hibernian Academy was another prominent venue for exhibition of his work. He also had a long record of one-man-shows in other venues both in Ireland and elsewhere. He died on 28th January 1999 (aged 80).