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'''Cecil Maguire''' (1930-2020) was an Irish landscape and figure painter.
'''Cecil Maguire''' (1930-2020) was an Irish landscape and figure painter.


Maguire was born in Lurgan, County Armagh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death of celebrated landscape painter Cecil Maguire |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/death-of-celebrated-landscape-painter-cecil-maguire-1.4251978 |website=www.irishtimes.com |accessdate=14 May 2020}}</ref> He graduated from QUB in 1951 and took up an English teaching post in Lurgan College. He became a member of the RUA in 1974.
Maguire was born in [[Lurgan]], County Armagh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death of celebrated landscape painter Cecil Maguire |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/death-of-celebrated-landscape-painter-cecil-maguire-1.4251978 |website=www.irishtimes.com |accessdate=14 May 2020}}</ref> He graduated from [[QUB]] in 1951 and took up an English teaching post in Lurgan College. He became a member of the [[RUA]] in 1974.


In 1981 he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Cecil Maguire has passed away |url=https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/38600-artist-cecil-maguire-has-passed-away |website=midwestradio.ie |accessdate=14 May 2020}}</ref>
In 1981 he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Cecil Maguire has passed away |url=https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/38600-artist-cecil-maguire-has-passed-away |website=midwestradio.ie |accessdate=14 May 2020}}</ref>


He spent a great part of each year in Roundstone, Connemara.
He spent a great part of each year in [[Roundstone]], Connemara.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:29, 14 May 2020

Cecil Maguire (1930-2020) was an Irish landscape and figure painter.

Maguire was born in Lurgan, County Armagh.[1] He graduated from QUB in 1951 and took up an English teaching post in Lurgan College. He became a member of the RUA in 1974.

In 1981 he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.[2]

He spent a great part of each year in Roundstone, Connemara.

References

  1. ^ "Death of celebrated landscape painter Cecil Maguire". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Artist Cecil Maguire has passed away". midwestradio.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2020.