Cecil Maguire
![Cecil Maguire](/images/artist/027.jpg)
In the 1950s Maguire took a teaching post at Lurgan College as Senior English Master. He had previously spent time with Maurice C. Wilks who had taken him on painting trips in Cushendun. Encouraged by this experience he enrolled in evening art classes and soon afterwards became an active member of the Lurgan Art Club. By the early 1960s he was exhibiting regularly with the RUA, becoming an Associate there in 1967 and a full member in 1974. He resigned from Lurgan College in 1981 and has painted full-time ever since. Much of his work shows a passion for the West of Ireland capturing scenes of Connemara landscapes, harbours and horse fairs. His work is in such collections as The United Nations Headquarters, New York, The Ulster Museum, Belfast, Aer Rianta, Dublin and Ulster Bank. He has had many exhibitions showing regularly at the Kenny Art Gallery, Galway, the Bell Gallery, Belfast and the Oriel Gallery, Dublin. He won the RUA Perpetual Gold Medal in 1993. Cecil Maguire died in May 2020.
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'MAN LAUNCHING A CURRACH WITH TWO MEN ROWING'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on board
- 7 by 12in., 17.78 by 30.48cm.
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'LOW TIDE, CLEGGAN, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on board
- 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)
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'SADDLING ENCLOSURE, GALWAY RACES, 1979'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 11½ x 11½in. (29.21 x 29.21cm)
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'HARVESTING OLIVES, NARNI, ITALIA, 2002'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- oil on board
- 14 x 17in. (35.56 x 43.18cm)
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'MEN LAUNCHING A CURRACH'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 21 May 2012
- oil on board
- 7 by 12in., 17.78 by 30.48cm.
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'FOUNTAIN IN A VILLAGE SQUARE, FRANCE'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on board
- 51 by 41cm., 20 by 16in.
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'KINNEGO HARBOUR, COUNTY ARMAGH, 1959'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- oil on board
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
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'PARKLAND LANDSCAPE, THOUGHT TO BE BROWNLOW HOUSE, LURGAN, COUNTY ARMAGH'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on board
- 46 by 33cm., 18 by 13in.
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'PUCAN'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil on board
- 10 by 12in., 25 by 30cm.
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'NELLIE AND DIAMOND, III, 1976'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 17 May 2008
- oil on board
- 19 by 24cm., 7.5 by 9.5in.
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'LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE'
- Price Realised: 1,777
- Sale: 08 March 2000
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'FIGURES, 1975'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- oil on panel
- 10 x 12in. (25.40 x 30.48cm)
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'BLACKSOD BAY, INISHNEE, ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 8 x 10in. (20.32 x 25.40cm)
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'HOME TO INISHMAAN, 1979'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on board
- 11½ x 13½in. (29.21 x 34.29cm)
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'WASHING DAY, BURANO, VENICE, 1975'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 12 x 15in. (30.48 x 38.10cm)
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'HERON PRIESTED SHORE, LAUGHARNE, 1982'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil on board
- 10 by 12in., 25 by 30cm.
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'GRAVEYARD AT ROUNDSTONE CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 1,397
- Sale: 10 October 2000
- oil on board
- 36 by 44cm., 14 by 17.5in.
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'ON THE BEACH II, 1978'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- oil on board
- 10 by 12in., 25 by 30cm.
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'LACE MAKER, GUILVINEC, BRITTANY'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 18 x 14in. (45.72 x 35.56cm)
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'PAINTED BODHRΑN SHOWING FISHERMEN AND BOATS'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- oil on goatskin; (Malachy Kearns handcrafted bodhrαn tray)
- 44.375 by 44.375 by 4.25in., 44.375 by 44.375 by 10.625cm.
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'LATE IN THE DAY, CAMPO DE FIORI, ROME'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- oil on board
- 10 x 15in. (25.40 x 38.10cm)