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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'EARLY MOONRISE, SOUTH STRAND, RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN, 1968'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- oil on board
- 18 x 28in. (45.72 x 71.12cm)
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'SLANTING SOUTH'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on board
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'GALWAY HOOKERS'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 09 March 2020
- oil on board
- 6 x 8in. (15.24 x 20.32cm)
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'RETURNING FROM EVENING DEVOTIONS'
- Price Realised: 1,800
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on board
- 10Ό x 14in. (26.04 x 35.56cm)
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'MOONLIGHT BETWEEN THE SHOWERS (CONNEMARA COAST)'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on board
- 33 by 50cm., 13 by 19.5in.
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'THE BULL BUOY, RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 23 February 2015
- oil on board
- 14 x 16in. (35.56 x 40.64cm)
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'MARINE NOCTURNE'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'SHIPS IN MOONLIGHT'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on board
- 18 x 28in. (45.72 x 71.12cm)
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'ANXIOUS MOMENTS'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 8 x 12in. (20.32 x 30.48cm)
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'WINTER QUARTERS'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- oil on board
- 9 x 12in. (22.86 x 30.48cm)
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'SUNDAY ON THE KERRY COAST'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 29 September 2014
- oil on board
- 11 by 24in., 27.5 by 60cm.
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'NIGHT - KERRY COAST and EVENING LIGHT, CLARE COAST (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 1,300
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- oil on board; (2)
- 11.5 by 15.25in., 28.75 by 38.125cm.
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'ORATORIO'
- Price Realised: 1,200
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- oil on board
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- oil on board
- 6 x 18in. (15.24 x 45.72cm)
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'WAITING FOR THE CURRACHS, 1996'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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'HOOKERS'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- oil on board
- 6 x 8in. (15.24 x 20.32cm)
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'NOCTURNAL SEASCAPE'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- oil on board
- 5 x 8in. (12.70 x 20.32cm)
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'MOONLIGHT ON THE ESTUARY'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- oil on canvas
- 4 x 7in. (10.16 x 17.78cm)
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'MOONRISE, ATLANTIC OCEAN'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- watercolour, pencil and gouache on brown paper
- 6½ x 9½in. (16.51 x 24.13cm)
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'MOONLIGHT, CONNEMARA LAKE'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- oil on board
- 5 x 7½in. (12.70 x 19.05cm)
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'GATHERING SEAWEED, EVENING, SOUTH STRAND, RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- mixed-media on board
- 6 x 9in. (15.24 x 22.86cm)
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'A CORNER OF THE BLUE ROOM'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- oil on board
- 16 x 19½in. (40.64 x 49.53cm)
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'BOGLAND, EVENING'
- Price Realised: 560
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil on board
- 6 x 9in. (15.24 x 22.86cm)
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'CORNER OF A GARDEN, PUERTO DE LA CRUZ, TENERIFE'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- oil on board
- 7 x 9in. (17.78 x 22.86cm)
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'KENURE HOUSE, NEAR RUSH, COUNTY DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 360
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- mixed media on paper; (unfinished)
- 14 x 20in. (35.56 x 50.80cm)
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'SUNNY COURTYARD, TENNERIFFE, CANARY ISLANDS'
- Price Realised: 355
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- oil on board
- 24 by 33cm., 9.5 by 13in.
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'WEST OF IRELAND SCENE WITH WOMAN AND WATER PUMP, 1957'
- Price Realised: 340
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- gouache and pencil on tinted paper
- 4½ x 6½in. (11.43 x 16.51cm)
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'CONFUSION'
- Price Realised: 190
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- gouache
- 8 x 11Όin. (20.32 x 28.58cm)