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James Dixon (1887-1970) MAGGIE THE COWS ARE IN THE CLOVER GO AND DRIVE THEM MAGGIE TO THE OLD RED BARN, TORY ISLAND, 1968 oil on paper signed, dated [16.06.1968] and inscribed lower right h:22  w:29.50 in. Provenance: Purchased from artist through Derek Hill, 1967; Private collection The Irish artist and primitive landscape painter James Dixon was born on Tory Island, County Donegal, and aside from the occasional visit to the mainland, remained on the island all his life. He devoted himself to fishing and small farming. He only started painting at the age of 72, after seeing a painter - Derek Hill - at work on a landscape painting. Hill encouraged Dixon and provided him with oils and other art materials, although Dixon made his own paintbrushes from donkey's hair. In due course it was Hill who introduced Dixon's artworks to the art world, thus helping Dixon to become an important figure in the history of twentieth-century Irish painting. His painting is seen as an excellent example of Outsider Art, and was the subject of a major exhibition at The Irish Museum of Modern Art - Two Painters: Alfred Wallis and James Dixon, IMMA, Dublin, September - November 1999.