Paintings by Robin Ironside
The Somnambulist
Exhibited 1944 (no.30)
Gouache on paper
41.9 x 69.8 cm
Tate, London (Gift of the Contemporary Art Society 1944)
Exhibited 1944 (no.30)
Gouache on paper
41.9 x 69.8 cm
Tate, London (Gift of the Contemporary Art Society 1944)
Rossetti’s Willow Wood
Exhibited 1944 (no.27), 1966 (no.52)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink on paper
24.2 x 34.6 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1944 (no.27), 1966 (no.52)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink on paper
24.2 x 34.6 cm
Private collection
The Tapestry
Exhibited 1944 (no.28)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
42 x 69.7 cm
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester (Gift of the Contemporary Art Society 1946)
Exhibited 1944 (no.28)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
42 x 69.7 cm
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester (Gift of the Contemporary Art Society 1946)
Rose Offered in a Coniferous Wood
Exhibited 1946 (‘Rose Offered in a Coniferous Wood’),
1966 (no.30, ‘Rose Being Offered in a Coniferous Wood’)
Pen and ink with watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
21.3 x 27.3 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1946 (‘Rose Offered in a Coniferous Wood’),
1966 (no.30, ‘Rose Being Offered in a Coniferous Wood’)
Pen and ink with watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
21.3 x 27.3 cm
Private collection
Satyr Offering an Apple to a Spaniel
Exhibited 1946
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
21.5 x 28 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1946
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
21.5 x 28 cm
Private collection
Herr Faninal’s Garden
Exhibited 1947 (no.3, ‘Herr Faninal’s Garden’),
1966 (no.27, ‘Design for “Der Rosenkavalier”’)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
31.5 x 29 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1947 (no.3, ‘Herr Faninal’s Garden’),
1966 (no.27, ‘Design for “Der Rosenkavalier”’)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
31.5 x 29 cm
Private collection
The Nativity on a Lace Collar
(Christmas Card designed for Mr. David Horner)
Exhibited 1947 (no.7)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
19.3 x 16.6 cm
Private collection
(Christmas Card designed for Mr. David Horner)
Exhibited 1947 (no.7)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
19.3 x 16.6 cm
Private collection
Wallpaper design for a music room
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
14.8 x 14.9 cm
Private collection
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
14.8 x 14.9 cm
Private collection
Apollo and Daphne: Design for a carpet
Exhibited 1949 (no.10)
Watercolour with pen and ink over pencil on paper
38.2 x 52.1 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1949 (no.10)
Watercolour with pen and ink over pencil on paper
38.2 x 52.1 cm
Private collection
The Nightingale victorious over musical instruments
Exhibited 1949 (no.2)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
31.1 x 26.8 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1949 (no.2)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
31.1 x 26.8 cm
Private collection
House showing the relative values of musical notes
Exhibited 1949 (no.14)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
Unknown
Private collection
Exhibited 1949 (no.14)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
Unknown
Private collection
The Gondolas of Delos
Exhibited 1949 (no.5), 1966 (no.60)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
28.8 x 40.4 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1949 (no.5), 1966 (no.60)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
28.8 x 40.4 cm
Private collection
The Traumatic Barricade
Exhibited 1949 (no.7)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
44.2 x 66.5 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1949 (no.7)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
44.2 x 66.5 cm
Private collection
Death of a Good Woman (Unfinished)
c.1949; exhibited 1966 (no.8)
Oil and pencil on canvas
75.1 x 100.3 cm
Private collection
c.1949; exhibited 1966 (no.8)
Oil and pencil on canvas
75.1 x 100.3 cm
Private collection
Celestial Crown
c.1949
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
21.3 x 30.3 cm
Private collection
c.1949
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
21.3 x 30.3 cm
Private collection
Death-Bed
Dated 1949-50 on exhibition label; exhibited 1951 (no.14)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
22.5 x 32.9 cm
Private collection
Dated 1949-50 on exhibition label; exhibited 1951 (no.14)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
22.5 x 32.9 cm
Private collection
Wounded Man in a bed-sitting room
Exhibited 1951 (no.3, ‘Wounded Man in a bed-sitting room’),
1952 (no.3, ‘Wounded Man in a bed sitting-room’)
Gouache over pencil on paper
31 x 52.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Gift of the Class of the Museum of Fine Arts, Mrs. Arthur L. Devens, Chairman, 1953)
Exhibited 1951 (no.3, ‘Wounded Man in a bed-sitting room’),
1952 (no.3, ‘Wounded Man in a bed sitting-room’)
Gouache over pencil on paper
31 x 52.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Gift of the Class of the Museum of Fine Arts, Mrs. Arthur L. Devens, Chairman, 1953)
Poppies
c.1951
Gouache on paper
27.2 x 45 cm
Private collection
c.1951
Gouache on paper
27.2 x 45 cm
Private collection
Escaping from the Hospital
Exhibited 1951 (no.2), 1952 (no.7)
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
23.5 x 23.7 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1951 (no.2), 1952 (no.7)
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
23.5 x 23.7 cm
Private collection
Florence Dombey struck by her Father
Exhibited 1951 (no.6), 1952 (no.10)
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
30.2 x 21.6 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1951 (no.6), 1952 (no.10)
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
30.2 x 21.6 cm
Private collection
Country Church
Exhibited 1951 (no.17, ‘Country Church’),
1966 (no.40, ‘The Country Church’)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
38 x 66.7 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1951 (no.17, ‘Country Church’),
1966 (no.40, ‘The Country Church’)
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper
38 x 66.7 cm
Private collection
In the Cathedral (Illustration for Kafka's 'The Trial')
Exhibited 1951
Watercolour ink and gouache on paper
24cm x 41cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1951
Watercolour ink and gouache on paper
24cm x 41cm
Private collection
Break for Music
Exhibited 1951
Watercolour and gouache on paper
43.4 x 78.4 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1951
Watercolour and gouache on paper
43.4 x 78.4 cm
Private collection
Costume Design for Wood Nymph - "Sylvia Act 1, 1952"
1952
Watercolour and pencil on paper
19 x 10cm
Private collection
1952
Watercolour and pencil on paper
19 x 10cm
Private collection
Street violinist at Victoria Station
Exhibited London 1953 (no.9)
Gouache and pencil on paper
14.5 x 18.1 cm
Private collection
Exhibited London 1953 (no.9)
Gouache and pencil on paper
14.5 x 18.1 cm
Private collection
Agnus Dei
Exhibited 1954 (no.1, ‘Agnus Dei’),
1966 (no.28, ‘The Pascal [sic] Lamb’)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
15.5 x 10.5 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1954 (no.1, ‘Agnus Dei’),
1966 (no.28, ‘The Pascal [sic] Lamb’)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
15.5 x 10.5 cm
Private collection
Sculptured fragments
Exhibited 1954 (no.5, ‘Sculptured fragments’),
1964 (no.5, ‘Decorative and Ornamental Fragments’),
1966 (no.11, ‘Decorative and Ornamental Fragments’)
Oil on canvas
50 x 70.4 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1954 (no.5, ‘Sculptured fragments’),
1964 (no.5, ‘Decorative and Ornamental Fragments’),
1966 (no.11, ‘Decorative and Ornamental Fragments’)
Oil on canvas
50 x 70.4 cm
Private collection
Excalibur
c.1954
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
Private collection
c.1954
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
Private collection
Secret burial
Exhibited 1954
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
24 x 21.2 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1954
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
24 x 21.2 cm
Private collection
Alexander and Bucephalus (after Bambaia)
1955
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Private collection
1955
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Private collection
Saltwood Castle
circa 1955
Ink and watercolour on paper
22.9 x 13.13 cm
Private collection
circa 1955
Ink and watercolour on paper
22.9 x 13.13 cm
Private collection
Saltwood Window
circa 1955
Ink and watercolour on paper
160 x 170 cm
Private collection
circa 1955
Ink and watercolour on paper
160 x 170 cm
Private collection
Man collapsing on a public flight of steps
Exhibited 1956 (no.27, ‘Man collapsing on a public flight of steps’),
1966 (no.7, ‘Man Falling on a Flight of Public Steps’)
Oil on canvas
49.3 x 69.7 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1956 (no.27, ‘Man collapsing on a public flight of steps’),
1966 (no.7, ‘Man Falling on a Flight of Public Steps’)
Oil on canvas
49.3 x 69.7 cm
Private collection
Crowd waiting for a portent I
Exhibited 1956 (no.31, ‘Crowd waiting for a portent I’),
1957 (no.1, ‘Crowd waiting for a portent’)
Oil over pencil on canvas
61.8 x 74.6 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1956 (no.31, ‘Crowd waiting for a portent I’),
1957 (no.1, ‘Crowd waiting for a portent’)
Oil over pencil on canvas
61.8 x 74.6 cm
Private collection
Crowd waiting for a portent II
Exhibited 1956 (no.34, ‘Crowd waiting for a portent II’),
1966 (no.63, ‘Crowd Waiting for a Portent’)
Gouache and pencil on paper
18.9 x 24.4 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1956 (no.34, ‘Crowd waiting for a portent II’),
1966 (no.63, ‘Crowd Waiting for a Portent’)
Gouache and pencil on paper
18.9 x 24.4 cm
Private collection
Visitor Posing on a Vacant Plinth
Exhibited 1956
Oil on paper
49 x 79.5 cm
Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens
Exhibited 1956
Oil on paper
49 x 79.5 cm
Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens
The Italo-Japanese Garden
1956
Oil on canvas
41 x 55 cm
Private collection
1956
Oil on canvas
41 x 55 cm
Private collection
Diana and Endymion (adapted from a Hellenistic relief)
Exhibited 1956
Watercolour and pastel on paper
28 x 21 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1956
Watercolour and pastel on paper
28 x 21 cm
Private collection
Dido and Aeneas at Carthage
Exhibited 1957 (no.6, ‘Dido and Aeneas at Carthage’),
1960 (no.14, ‘Dido and Aeneas’)
Gouache on paper
19.8 x 28.8 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1957 (no.6, ‘Dido and Aeneas at Carthage’),
1960 (no.14, ‘Dido and Aeneas’)
Gouache on paper
19.8 x 28.8 cm
Private collection
Musical Reeds' Study of cornfield or wheat field with birds
1956
Watercolour and gouache on paper.
21 x 24 cm
Private Collection
1956
Watercolour and gouache on paper.
21 x 24 cm
Private Collection
Sketch For The Flaying of Marsyas
1957
Gouache on paper
15 x 10 cm
Private collection
1957
Gouache on paper
15 x 10 cm
Private collection
Study For The Flaying of Marsyas
1957
Oil on canvas
15 x 10 cm
Private collection
1957
Oil on canvas
15 x 10 cm
Private collection
The Flaying of Marsyas
Exhibited 1957
Oil on canvas
105 x 150 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1957
Oil on canvas
105 x 150 cm
Private collection
A 17th Century Poet to his Weeping Mistress
Exhibited 1960
Oil on board
40 x 50 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1960
Oil on board
40 x 50 cm
Private collection
Fragments
Exhibited 1961
Oil on board
40 x 50 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1961
Oil on board
40 x 50 cm
Private collection
Quintet from ‘The Trojans’
Exhibited 1966 (no.20)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
58.8 x 93.6cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1966 (no.20)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
58.8 x 93.6cm
Private collection
Portrait of Colette Clark
c.1958/59; exhibited 1966 (No.3)
Oil on canvas
90.2 x 69.8 cm
Private collection
c.1958/59; exhibited 1966 (No.3)
Oil on canvas
90.2 x 69.8 cm
Private collection
Birth of a Dolphin
Exhibited 1960 (no.4)
Oil on canvas board
24.5 x 29.5cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1960 (no.4)
Oil on canvas board
24.5 x 29.5cm
Private collection
Death of a General
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Exhibited 1960 (no.26)
Oil with pencil on hardboard
90.2 x 80.2 cm
Private collection
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Exhibited 1960 (no.26)
Oil with pencil on hardboard
90.2 x 80.2 cm
Private collection
A Fire Screen
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Exhibited 1966 (no.69)
Gouache on wood
92.4 x 93.3 cm
Private collection
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Exhibited 1966 (no.69)
Gouache on wood
92.4 x 93.3 cm
Private collection
The Vigil
Presumably exhibited 1961 ('The Vigil'),
certainly exhibited 1964 (no.11, 'Miraculous Shrine'),
1966 (no.4, 'The Miraculous Shrine')
Oil on canvas
62.8 x 75.5 cm
Private collection
Presumably exhibited 1961 ('The Vigil'),
certainly exhibited 1964 (no.11, 'Miraculous Shrine'),
1966 (no.4, 'The Miraculous Shrine')
Oil on canvas
62.8 x 75.5 cm
Private collection
The Artist's Backyard
Dated 1963 on back of frame;
exhibited 1964 (no.12), 1966 (no.12)
Oil on canvas
35.9 x 45.9 cm
Private collection
Dated 1963 on back of frame;
exhibited 1964 (no.12), 1966 (no.12)
Oil on canvas
35.9 x 45.9 cm
Private collection
View from a loggia
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
11.1 x 15 cm
Private collection
Robin and Christopher Ironside
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper
11.1 x 15 cm
Private collection
Death of Procris
Exhibited 1966 (no.26)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
47.7 x 69.3 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1966 (no.26)
Watercolour and gouache with pencil on paper
47.7 x 69.3 cm
Private collection
Drawn in a Paper House
Exhibited 1964 (‘Dawn in a Paper House’),
1966 (no.43, ‘Man Sleeping in a Paper House’)
Gouache and watercolour on paper
19.9 x 24.9 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1964 (‘Dawn in a Paper House’),
1966 (no.43, ‘Man Sleeping in a Paper House’)
Gouache and watercolour on paper
19.9 x 24.9 cm
Private collection
A Hermit Praying
Gouache over pencil on paper
36.8 x 55 cm
Private collection
Gouache over pencil on paper
36.8 x 55 cm
Private collection
Endymion
Exhibited 1966
Watercolour on paper
43.18 x 21.59 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1966
Watercolour on paper
43.18 x 21.59 cm
Private collection
Lapidary Museum
Exhibited 1966
Gouache on paper
49.1 x 66.5 cm
Private collection
Exhibited 1966
Gouache on paper
49.1 x 66.5 cm
Private collection
El Esquilado Dormido
c.1963-65; exhibited 1966 (no.70)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
51.7 x 74.7 cm
Private collection
c.1963-65; exhibited 1966 (no.70)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
51.7 x 74.7 cm
Private collection
Catallus Asleep on the Threshold of Lesbia's House
Date unknown, exhibited 1966 (no.15)
Oil
48.2 x 63.5 cm
Private collection, but via the estate of Geoffrey Houghton Brown
Date unknown, exhibited 1966 (no.15)
Oil
48.2 x 63.5 cm
Private collection, but via the estate of Geoffrey Houghton Brown
Study for The Death of Penteus
Date unknown
Gouache on paper
15 x 25 cm
Private collection
Date unknown
Gouache on paper
15 x 25 cm
Private collection
Fragments of Hellenistic Relief
Date unknown; not exhibited (Private commission features patron Graham Eyres-Monsell reclining)
Oil on paper
46 x 66.6 cm
Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens
Date unknown; not exhibited (Private commission features patron Graham Eyres-Monsell reclining)
Oil on paper
46 x 66.6 cm
Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens
Mythological Scene
Date unknown
Oil on paper
42.5 x 65.5 cm
Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens
Date unknown
Oil on paper
42.5 x 65.5 cm
Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens
The Entrance Hall at Russborough
Date unknown
Oil on canvas board
40 x 49 cm
Private collection
Date unknown
Oil on canvas board
40 x 49 cm
Private collection
The Saloon at Russborough
Date unknown
Oil on canvas board
40 x 49 cm
Private collection
Date unknown
Oil on canvas board
40 x 49 cm
Private collection
Garden at Saltwood Castle
Date unknown; not exhibited (Saltwood Castle was owned by Robin’s friend Sir Kenneth Clark, father of Colette. Note Colette’s small dog bottom left)
Watercolour or gouache on canvas
Size unknown
Collection: Colette Clark
Date unknown; not exhibited (Saltwood Castle was owned by Robin’s friend Sir Kenneth Clark, father of Colette. Note Colette’s small dog bottom left)
Watercolour or gouache on canvas
Size unknown
Collection: Colette Clark
Marine Fragments (Unfinished)
Date unknown; not exhibited
Watercolour or gouache on canvas
Size unknown
Private Collection
Date unknown; not exhibited
Watercolour or gouache on canvas
Size unknown
Private Collection
Gates to Kensington Gardens opposite Queens Gate
Date unknown;
Watercolour and pen
22.8 x 15.2 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown;
Watercolour and pen
22.8 x 15.2 cm
Private Collection
At The Altar
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
60.9 x 68.58 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
60.9 x 68.58 cm
Private Collection
Hellenistic Palace
Date unknown
Gouache over pencil
26.35 x 38.41 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Gouache over pencil
26.35 x 38.41 cm
Private Collection
Hellenistic Shepherd
Date unknown
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour
47 x 34 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour
47 x 34 cm
Private Collection
The New Moon Being Born Within the Remains of the Old
Date unknown
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
55 x 34 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
55 x 34 cm
Private Collection
Hamlet
Date unknown
Watercolour and gouache
55 x 34 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Watercolour and gouache
55 x 34 cm
Private Collection
Pas dans la Neige (Footprints in the Snow)
Date unknown
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions not available
Private Collection
Date unknown
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions not available
Private Collection
Apollo's Chariot
Date unknown
Oil on board
52 cm (diameter)
Private Collection
Date unknown
Oil on board
52 cm (diameter)
Private Collection
Waiting Room at Victoria station
Date unknown
Gouache on board
35 x 29 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Gouache on board
35 x 29 cm
Private Collection
Le Naufragé based on the poem by José-Maria de Heredia
Date unknown
Gouache on board
31 x 21.5 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Gouache on board
31 x 21.5 cm
Private Collection
Untitled
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
50 x 76 cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
50 x 76 cm
Private Collection
Graham Eyres-Monsell
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
Size unknown
Private Collection
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
Size unknown
Private Collection
Life Study
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
Size 43 x 31cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Oil on canvas
Size 43 x 31cm
Private Collection
Figures of Rocks
Date unknown
Watercolour and gouache on board heightened in white
Size 40 x 70cm
Private Collection
Date unknown
Watercolour and gouache on board heightened in white
Size 40 x 70cm
Private Collection
