Maurice MacGonigal
Born in Dublin, a cousin of artist Harry Clarke, MacGonigal, began work as an apprenctice in his uncle Joshua Clarke's stained-glass studio in North Frederick Street. From 1917 he was a member of Na Fianna Eireann, and after being interned firstly in Kilmainham Jail and later at Ballykinlar Camp, Co. Down, he took up evening art classes at the Dublin Metropolitan School. He won the Taylor Scholarship in 1924, and in the same year exhibited at the RHA for the first time. www.whytes.ie After a trip to Holland in 1927 to study painting, he returned to Dublin to teach art at the RHA's schools and as a relief teacher at the DMSA. He was made a full member of the RHA in 1933 and served as the Academy's Keeper; 1936-1939 and 1950-1961. In 1962 he was made President, an office he held until 1977. MacGonigal's choice of subject matter was influenced by Sean Keating: early life in the west of Ireland. His work is now represented in all major collections in Ireland. www.whytes.ie
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'LANDSCAPE, SCRABO, COUNTY DOWN, circa 1928'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- oil on canvas laid on board
- 19 by 26cm., 7.5 by 10.2 5in.
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'CONNEMARA LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- oil on board
- 14 x 18in. (35.56 x 45.72cm)
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'CELTIC BATTLE SCENE'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- gouache
- 6 x 20in. (15.24 x 50.80cm)
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'WESTERN LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- pencil and watercolour
- 12 by 16.5in., 30 by 42cm.
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'ENTOMBMENT'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- pencil and wash heightened with white on paper laid on card
- 16 by 22cm., 6.25 by 8.75in.
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'DROPPING WELL, MILLTOWN, DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- oil on board
- 6 x 5½in. (15.24 x 13.97cm)
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'BOG LANDSCAPE, WEST OF IRELAND'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil on board
- 10½ x 15½in. (26.67 x 39.37cm)
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'AMONG THE ROCKS, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- watercolour
- 9 x 12½in. (22.86 x 31Ύcm)
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'EVENING IN ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA, 1975'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- watercolour
- 6Ό x 19in. (15.88 x 48.26cm)
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'COWS, CONNEMARA, 1978'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- watercolour
- 6 x 12in. (15.24 x 30.48cm)
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'BUILDING SITE'
- Price Realised: 360
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- watercolour
- 3Ύ x 14½in. (9.53 x 36.83cm)
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'WESTERN LANDSCAPE'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- pen and ink
- 17 by 38cm., 6.5 by 15in.
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'THE MEN FROM CARNA, ROUNDSTONE REGATTA'
- Price Realised: 260
- Sale: 09 December 2018
- ink
- 6Ύ x 13in. (17.15 x 33.02cm)
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'MADONNA AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI'
- Price Realised: 150
- Sale: 25 July 2016
- pastel on tinted paper
- 6½ x 6in. (16.51 x 15.24cm)
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'THE SANDS OF MANNIN BAY, CONNEMARA, 1975'
- Price Realised: 60
- Sale: 09 December 2018
- pencil
- 11Ύ x 19Όin. (29.85 x 48.90cm)