Maurice MacGonigal PRHA
Artist Bio
Maurice MacGonigal (1900-1979) was a landscape and portrait
artist who began his career as a design apprentice in a company which designed
and produced stained glass. He was a member of Na Fianna Eireann from 1917 and
was interned in Kilmainham Jail and Ballykinlar Camp, taking drawing and figure
drawing classes soon after at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He studied
in the Netherlands for a time before returning to Dublin to teach art at the RHA
schools and the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (later the National
College of Art).
The artist was awarded the Taylor Scholarship in painting and
the Tailteann silver medal for landscape.
MacGonigal exhibited with, was made a
member of, served as the Academy’s Keeper and was made President of the RHA.
Other Galleries he exhibited with include the Dawson and Taylor Galleries and
with the Royal Scottish Academy. A retrospective of his work was held at the
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery.