Irish & International Art 25th April 2016 : Click Lot Title for More info & Pictures.

rish

& I

nternational

uction

onday

pril

2016

6.00

signed lower right

oil on canvas

46 x 61cm (18 x 24in)

Provenance:

Private Collection

€5,000-7,000 (£3,906-5,468)

MacGonigal was born in Dublin in 1900. As a young man he worked as an apprentice in the ecclesiastical design studios of his uncle,

Joshua Clarke, alongside his cousin, the renowned stained glass artist, Harry Clarke. A portrait, still life and landscape painter, he

attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (DMSA) on a scholarship and was also awarded the Taylor Scholarship in painting

in 1924. In 1937 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Painting at the National College of Art (NCA) and became Professor from

1954-69. MacGonigal was also interested in stage design and book illustration. His work was influenced by Sean Keating and an

early interest in social realism. While teaching at NCAD, MacGonigal was commissioned to paint a mural for the New York World’s

Fair of 1939 - a 10.5 metres high panel representing Liberty, America, and thirty Irish-born makers of American history. He was as-

sisted by in this project by fellow DMSA alumni Harry Kernoff and Micheál de Burca. A profoundly influential teacher, he exhibited

regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, and the RHA, Dublin. He was a member

of the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland as well as the Keeper of the Academy from 1936-1939

and President from 1962-1977. His work is held in all the major collections in Ireland including the National Gallery, Dublin City

Gallery the Hugh Lane, the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery and the Ulster Museum. His last one-man exhibition took place in the

Taylor Galleries, Dublin in 1979.