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Bernard Joseph McDonagh BIOGRAPHY
1924 Sligo, Ireland - 2016 Strandhill, Sligo, Ireland. Known for: Impressionist/realist portrait, marine, figures, landscape painting, teaching.
The death has taken place of well known Sligo artist, Bernard McDonagh (92). He was known both nationally and internationally as a landscape painter working predominantly in watercolour and oils. He... Read full biography
The death has taken place of well known Sligo artist, Bernard McDonagh (92). He was known both nationally and internationally as a landscape painter working predominantly in watercolour and oils. He was the founder and director of the Sligo School of Landscape Painting in 1968 and taught at the... Read full biography
The death has taken place of well known Sligo artist, Bernard McDonagh (92). He was known both nationally and internationally as a landscape painter working predominantly in watercolour and oils. He was the founder and director of the Sligo School of Landscape Painting in 1968 and taught at the National College of Art and Design, The Sligo Institute of Technology, St. Angela's College and Summerhill College. A regular exhibitor with the Watercolour Society of Ireland and the RHA, he has... Read full biography
The death has taken place of well known Sligo artist, Bernard McDonagh (92). He was known both nationally and internationally as a landscape painter working predominantly in watercolour and oils. He was the founder and director of the Sligo School of Landscape Painting in 1968 and taught at the National College of Art and Design, The Sligo Institute of Technology, St. Angela's College and Summerhill College. A regular exhibitor with the Watercolour Society of Ireland and the RHA, he has received several public commissions for murals and portraits. Indeed, some of his most known murals were seen in Sligo at City Hall, Sligo Library, Summerhill College and MacSharry Park. Bernard was hugely influenced by the great portraitists - Rembrandt,... Read full biography
The death has taken place of well known Sligo artist, Bernard McDonagh (92). He was known both nationally and internationally as a landscape painter working predominantly in watercolour and oils. He was the founder and director of the Sligo School of Landscape Painting in 1968 and taught at the National College of Art and Design, The Sligo Institute of Technology, St. Angela's College and Summerhill College. A regular exhibitor with the Watercolour Society of Ireland and the RHA, he has received several public commissions for murals and portraits. Indeed, some of his most known murals were seen in Sligo at City Hall, Sligo Library, Summerhill College and MacSharry Park. Bernard was hugely influenced by the great portraitists - Rembrandt, Velasquez, Van Dyck, and Sir William Orpen. A graduate and multiple-scholarship winner from Dublin's National College... Read full biography
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The death has taken place of well known Sligo artist, Bernard McDonagh (92).
He was known both nationally and internationally as a landscape painter working predominantly in watercolour and oils.
He was the founder and director of the Sligo School of Landscape Painting in 1968 and taught at the National College of Art and Design, The Sligo Institute of Technology, St. Angela's College and Summerhill College.
A regular exhibitor with the Watercolour Society of Ireland and the RHA, he has received several public commissions for murals and portraits.
Indeed, some of his most known murals were seen in Sligo at City Hall, Sligo Library, Summerhill College and MacSharry Park.
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