Cecil Maguire
Cecil Maguire (20 January 1930 – 7 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. At the school he met Mona Ryan whom he married. They had three daughters.[3]
His parents-in-law introduced him to the Ulster painter, Maurice Wilks.He accompanied Wilks on painting trips to Cushendun and the Antrim coast. He subsequently enrolled in evening art classes and joined the Lurgan Arts Club.[3]
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.[4]In 1981, he retired from teaching to concentrate on painting and travelling.[1] He spent a great part of each year in Roundstone, Connemara.[4]
In 2002 a book on Maguire's work,Cecil Maguire: towards a retrospective, was published by gallery owner, Martin Davison.[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 c "Cecil Maguire Obituary: Captured an Ireland where old ways were in decline". Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Cecil Maguire, RHA RUA (1930-2020)". www.artscouncil-ni.org. Retrieved 14 May 2020.