Ciaran Clear
Ciarαn Clear is best known for dramatic moonlight scenes of his native Rush in North County Dublin and of Connemara. He was a founding member of the Fingal Artists Group in 1963, which included Maurice MacGonigal, Fergus O'Ryan, Bea Orpen, Patrick Leonard and Tom Nisbet. www.whytes.ie Together they held exhibitions throughout Ireland in a bid to make art more accessible to wider audiences. His first solo exhibition took place at the Goodwin gallery in Limerick and his last with Gerald Davis in Dublin in 1999. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was a keen musician as well as being involved in his local Dramatic Society in Rush. www.whytes.ie
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'THE NIGHT TIDE'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 20 x 28in. (50.80 x 71.12cm)
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'COASTAL TRACK, NIGHT, REMOTE CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- oil on board
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'WINTER NIGHT, CONNEMARA COAST'
- Price Realised: 6,800
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- oil on board
- 20 x 30in. (50.80 x 76.20cm)
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'SOUTH STRAND, RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 6,600
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on board
- 10 x 19Ύin. (25.40 x 50.17cm)
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'NIGHT - CONNEMARA COAST'
- Price Realised: 6,400
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 14½ x 20in. (36.83 x 50.80cm)
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'IRELAND'S TEARDROP [THE FASTNET ROCK]'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 17½ x 27½in. (44.45 x 69.85cm)
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'MOONLIGHT AT RUSH HARBOUR, OCTOBER'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 11½ x 15in. (29.21 x 38.10cm)
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'DONEGAL NOCTURNE'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 13Ύ x 20in. (34.93 x 50.80cm)
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'MOONLIGHT, ATLANTIC COAST'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 8 x 12in. (20.32 x 30.48cm)
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'NIGHT, AFTER RAIN, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- oil on board
- 16 x 21½in. (40.64 x 54.61cm)
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'MOONRISE OVER LAMBAY ISLAND, NORTH STRAND, RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- oil on board
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'HEAVING TO FOR THE PILOT'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- oil on board
- 14 x 19½in. (35.56 x 49.53cm)
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'SEASCAPE'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on board
- 8 x 12in. (20.32 x 30.48cm)
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'ON THE PATH FROM THE HILL'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 27 May 2024
- oil on board
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'RETURN OF THE FISHERMEN'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 07 March 2022
- oil on board
- 17½ x 23in. (44.45 x 58.42cm)
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'NIGHT FISHING, TENERIFE'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- oil on board
- 10 x 20in. (25.40 x 50.80cm)
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'ATLANTIC'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- oil on board
- 21 x 28½in. (53.34 x 72.39cm)
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'MOONLIT COASTAL SCENE WITH CURRACH'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- oil on board
- 19 x 26in. (48.26 x 66.04cm)
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'MOONLIGHT NIGHT,CONNEMARA COAST'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- oil on board
- 35 by 50cm., 13.7 5 by 19.5in.
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'WINTER NIGHT, CONNEMARA COAST'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- oil on board
- 15Ύ x 21½in. (40.01 x 54.61cm)
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'THE SEA AT NIGHT'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- oil on board
- 37 by 50cm., 14.5 by 19.5in.
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'MOONRISE, ATLANTIC COAST'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 8 x 12in. (20.32 x 30.48cm)
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'LANDFALL'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- oil on panel
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'SIGHTING THE CURRACHS [THERE]'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- oil on board
- 15½ x 21½in. (39.37 x 54.61cm)
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'JUNKS RESTING, SINGAPORE'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 31 May 2021
- oil on board
- 8 x 12in. (20.32 x 30.48cm)
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'NIGHT - ROARING WATER BAY, WEST CORK'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil on board
- 13½ x 21½in. (34.29 x 54.61cm)
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'NOVEMBER MOONLIGHT, NORTH STRAND, RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 26 May 2014
- oil on board
- 16 by 22in., 40 by 55cm.
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'MOONRISE, CAPE CLEAR, WEST CORK'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- oil on board
- 25 by 35cm., 9.75 by 13.7 5in.