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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 [[Queen's University Belfast]] in 1951 and took up an English teaching post in Lurgan College. |
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 [[Queen's University Belfast]] in 1951 and took up an English teaching post in Lurgan College. |
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He became a member of the [[Royal Ulster Academy]] in 1974. The academy awarded him the RUA Gold Medal in 1974 and the RUA Perpetual Gold Medal in 1993.<ref name="artscouncil/>In 1981, he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.<ref name="radio">{{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, County Galway|Roundstone]], Connemara.<ref name="artscouncil">{{cite web |title=Cecil Maguire, RHA RUA (1930-2020) |url=http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/cecil-maguire-rha-rua-1930-2020|website=www.artscouncil-ni.org |accessdate=14 May 2020}}</ref> |
He became a member of the [[Royal Ulster Academy]] in 1974. The academy awarded him the RUA Gold Medal in 1974 and the RUA Perpetual Gold Medal in 1993.<ref name="artscouncil" />In 1981, he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.<ref name="radio">{{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, County Galway|Roundstone]], Connemara.<ref name="artscouncil">{{cite web |title=Cecil Maguire, RHA RUA (1930-2020) |url=http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/cecil-maguire-rha-rua-1930-2020|website=www.artscouncil-ni.org |accessdate=14 May 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:57, 25 May 2020
Cecil Maguire (1929/1930 – 8 May 2020) was an Irish landscape and figure painter. His work features in major collections including at the UN headquarters in New York and the Ulster Museum in Belfast.[1]
Maguire was born in Lurgan, County Armagh.[2] He graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1951 and took up an English teaching post in Lurgan College.
He became a member of the Royal Ulster Academy in 1974. The academy awarded him the RUA Gold Medal in 1974 and the RUA Perpetual Gold Medal in 1993.[3]In 1981, he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.[1] He spent a great part of each year in Roundstone, Connemara.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Artist Cecil Maguire has passed away". midwestradio.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Death of celebrated landscape painter Cecil Maguire". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Cecil Maguire, RHA RUA (1930-2020)". www.artscouncil-ni.org. Retrieved 14 May 2020.