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61 Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930) Silks at the Start, Laytown Racessigned lower right, signed & titled on reverse
oil on board
51 x 61cm (20 x 24in)
Provenance:
Private Collection
€5,000-7,000 (£4,347-6,086)
Cecil Maguire was born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland in 1930 and graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 1951. He then took
a post at Lurgan College as the Senior English Master. In 1967 he became an associate of the Royal Ulster Academy. Maguire began
exhibiting at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1971. In 1981 he retired from teaching at Lurgan College to concentrate on painting
and travelling. In 1993 he was a Gold Medal Award winner at the Royal Ulster Academy.
Maguire has exhibited extensively in galleries such as Kenny Gallery, Oriel Gallery, Bell Gallery, and the Dawson Gallery and his
works are held in many important public and private collections around the world.