{"id":408721,"date":"2026-03-28T16:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/408721\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:17:17","slug":"painting-by-late-king-of-tory-expected-to-fetch-over-e1k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/408721\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting by late \u2018King of Tory\u2019 expected to fetch over \u20ac1k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A beautiful painting by the late Patsy Dan Rodgers has gone to auction in Dublin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Titled \u2018Donegal Cottage\u2019, the 21.25 by 25.25in. (54 by 64.1cm) oil on canvas was signed by the late Tory painter and has an estimated value of between \u20ac800 \u2013 \u20ac1,200.<\/p>\n<p>The current bid on the Whyte\u2019s Auctioneers website is \u20ac590 and is part of their Spring Online Art Auction. Bidding ends on Monday, March 30 at 6pm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-628097\" class=\"wp-image-628097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patsy-Dan-Rodgers-painting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"772\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-628097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Donegal Cottage\u2019 by Patsy Dan Rodgers. Image: Whyte\u2019s Auctioneers.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s last king, Patsy Dan Rodgers was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/2018\/10\/25\/end-of-a-era-as-king-of-tory-patsy-dan-rodgers-is-laid-to-rest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">laid to rest<\/a><\/strong> on his beloved Tory Island in October, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Although born in Dublin\u2019s Westland Road, he was adopted and brought to Tory Island aged just four. A talented button accordion player, he was also a proficient artist, having been taught a primitive form of art by the renowned English artist Derek Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The latest Whyte\u2019s auction also includes an exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists are represented including Jack Butler Yeats, Robert Ballagh, Damien Hirst and many more.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the auction, log on to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bid.whytes.ie\/auctions\/1-C7ACOV\/spring-online-art-auction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.whytes.ie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Painting by late \u2018King of Tory\u2019 expected to fetch over \u20ac1k was last modified:  March 28th, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beautiful painting by the late Patsy Dan Rodgers has gone to auction in Dublin. Titled \u2018Donegal Cottage\u2019,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,184353,669,18,117,19,17,184354,184355],"class_list":{"0":"post-408721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-donegal-art","14":"tag-donegal-news","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-patsy-dan-rodgers-painting","20":"tag-whytes-art-auctioneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116307705564812534","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}