Ireland. Born 1954
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Born 1951 Ireland. Known for: Social activist painting, drawing, documentaries.
Since 2010, the Irish painter Brian Maguire has worked in Juárez, Mexico, creating work in response to the proliferation of deaths that have followed in wake of the Mexican drug war. Maguire’s... Read full biography
Since 2010, the Irish painter Brian Maguire has worked in Juárez, Mexico, creating work in response to the proliferation of deaths that have followed in wake of the Mexican drug war. Maguire’s affinity for social activism stems from his involvement in the civil rights movement of Northern Ireland... Read full biography
Since 2010, the Irish painter Brian Maguire has worked in Juárez, Mexico, creating work in response to the proliferation of deaths that have followed in wake of the Mexican drug war. Maguire’s affinity for social activism stems from his involvement in the civil rights movement of Northern Ireland in the 70s. His large scale paintings—which utilize wide, open brushstrokes and combine rough, dry marks with vertical and horizontal drips—aim to deny any poetic sensibility to the harsh scenes... Read full biography
Since 2010, the Irish painter Brian Maguire has worked in Juárez, Mexico, creating work in response to the proliferation of deaths that have followed in wake of the Mexican drug war. Maguire’s affinity for social activism stems from his involvement in the civil rights movement of Northern Ireland in the 70s. His large scale paintings—which utilize wide, open brushstrokes and combine rough, dry marks with vertical and horizontal drips—aim to deny any poetic sensibility to the harsh scenes (dismembered body parts and weaponry) they often depict. Through observation, Maguire draws attention to marginalized voices. In the case of Blood Rising, his documentary co-produced with Mark McLoughlin, the artist seeks to shed light on the staggering... Read full biography
Since 2010, the Irish painter Brian Maguire has worked in Juárez, Mexico, creating work in response to the proliferation of deaths that have followed in wake of the Mexican drug war. Maguire’s affinity for social activism stems from his involvement in the civil rights movement of Northern Ireland in the 70s. His large scale paintings—which utilize wide, open brushstrokes and combine rough, dry marks with vertical and horizontal drips—aim to deny any poetic sensibility to the harsh scenes (dismembered body parts and weaponry) they often depict. Through observation, Maguire draws attention to marginalized voices. In the case of Blood Rising, his documentary co-produced with Mark McLoughlin, the artist seeks to shed light on the staggering number of women murdered in Juárez (a practice known as known as feminocidio) through portraiture. As Ed Vulliamy of the The G... Read full biography
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Ireland. Born 1950
Abstract landscape painting
New York / Ireland. 1926 - 1997
Small scale abstract still life and landscape painting
Ireland. Born 1943
Figure painting, nudes
Ireland. Born 1946
Reallist still life and landscape painting
Ireland. 1935 - 2018
Landscape painting, abstract
England, Ireland. Born 1953
Abstract expressionist painting
Ireland. Born 1943
Contemporary abstract painting, mixed media
Ireland. Born 1936
Landscape and portrait painting
Ireland, England. Born 1963
Still life and interior scene painting
Ireland. 1952 - 2020
Contemporary abstract and non-objective painting
Ireland. 1946 - 2020
Abstract, non objective painting
Ireland. 1928 - 2012
Painting
Ireland. Born 1944
Ireland. 1920 - 2000
Painting
Born 1947
Painting
United Kingdom, Ireland. 1923 - 2009
Figure, genre painting
Ireland. Born 1957
Painting, landscape, seascape
Ireland, United Kingdom. 1929 - 2011
Watercolor landscape painting, teaching
Ireland. Born 1945
Painting
Massachusetts, Maine / Ireland, England. 1931 - 2014
Abstract expressionist and nude figure painting, sculpture
United Kingdom. 1929 - 2023
Painting
Ireland. Born 1969
Painting
Ireland. Born 1938
Abstract sculpture, public commissions
Ireland. Born 1961
Painting
Ireland, France. Born 1954
Interior, landscape and still life painting
Ireland. Born 1957
Geometric and whimsical animal sculpture, pop artand abstract painting
Ireland, England. Born 1949
Figure, townscape and landscape painting
Ireland. 1893 - 1964
Landscape, portrait and figure painting, teaching
Ireland. Born 1956
Large scale impasto landscape painting
United Kingdom, Ireland. 1932 - 2016
Abstraction, sports, figure and portrait painting
Ireland, England. 1929 - 2012
Post impressionist and expressionist landscape and still life painting