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Marion King (1987-1963) was an artist, presenter and children's author over the course of her life. She created and presented RTE's radio show Drawing and Painting with Marion King after she suggested the radio programme for RTE in 1943 for children interested in learning to draw. Due to the show's popularity it went on for a consecutive twenty years up until her death. One of the characters she created was Sean Bunny. He was a rabbit mascot that gained popularity and got his own newspaper cartoon strip in the Irish times due to popular demand at the time.[1] RTE has not done any reruns of the show on radio or TV.
She was also a painter during her life. She had a unique technique of painting on glass which created a surprise amongst artists. In 2023 three of her paintings sold for a combined total of €1,860 in Adams and Sons auction house in Dublin. In fact, since 2010, 53 years after her death six of her paintings have been sold. Her paintings have been exhibited in several locations around Dublin during her lifetime (1934 Angus Gallery, St Stephen’s Green; 1937 Academy of Christian Art, 42 Upper Mount Street Dublin) .Some of her paintings were displayed in the Salon de Artists Francais in Paris.[2] She received her art education in the Leeds college of art[3]before returning to Ireland.
Along with her paintings she also wrote popular children's books. She authored several books, which included “GUG”, “BABA”, “BROIGIN”, “TAIMIN”, “MAC SPUIN” and “THE ADVENTURES OF SEAN BUNNY”. This is the same Sean Bunny as in ‘Art Adventures’ and ‘The Adventures of Seán Bunny’, Marion also authored a book called “PEIGIN”. A rabbit Sean is in this book and Peigin is his sister. Her books are still popular as you can buy them in bookstores around Ireland and online. Some of her rarer books have been sold recently for around €275[4].