Artist: Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930) Title: Chinese Dragon, Yang Sho, China Signature: signed lower left and titled verso Medium: oil on board Size: 51 x 91¼cm (20.1 x 35.9in) Framed Size: 70.5 x 110.5cm (27.8 x 43.5in) Provenance: Estate of the Artist; By Descent a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} This painting arose from a journey to China by my father in February 1990, accompanied by my mother, my husband and me. We were among the first visitors to go to China after the Tian An Men Square massacre the previous year, and there were almost no other foreigners there. Travel was very restricted... Read more This painting arose from a journey to China by my father in February 1990, accompanied by my mother, my husband and me. We were among the first visitors to go to China after the Tian An Men Square massacre the previous year, and there were almost no other foreigners there. Travel was very restricted and we only obtained visas by inventing a fictitious Swedish secretary to make our group up to five - she of course conveniently fell ill at the last minute and couldn't come. We flew to Guilin in southwest China and took the fabled boat trip along the River Li - the famous Chinese landscape of misty mountains rising from the water, cormorant fishermen and rural life along the riverbank. It was bitterly cold but we hung out on deck anyway, awestruck by the scenery. We ended up in the village of Yangshuo, which seemed to have hardly changed in the centuries. As we turned around the main village street, this 'snake' of Chinese kids led by their teacher appeared, a double line of small children holding hands and holding on to coat tails of the child in front to keep the line together. My father was so struck by the 'Chineseness' of the scene that he felt compelled to paint them. I realise now that this is a scene of Chinese life that has gone on forever - we were very lucky to see that place before it changed and became overrun with tourists. So many of my father's paintings capture scenes of Irish life in years gone by; this is one of small-town China. Denise Maguire (Artist's Daughter) November 9th, 2020
Artist: Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930) Title: Chinese Dragon, Yang Sho, China Signature: signed lower left and titled verso Medium: oil on board Size: 51 x 91¼cm (20.1 x 35.9in) Framed Size: 70.5 x 110.5cm (27.8 x 43.5in) Provenance: Estate of the Artist; By Descent a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} This painting arose from a journey to China by my father in February 1990, accompanied by my mother, my husband and me. We were among the first visitors to go to China after the Tian An Men Square massacre the previous year, and there were almost no other foreigners there. Travel was very restricted... Read more This painting arose from a journey to China by my father in February 1990, accompanied by my mother, my husband and me. We were among the first visitors to go to China after the Tian An Men Square massacre the previous year, and there were almost no other foreigners there. Travel was very restricted and we only obtained visas by inventing a fictitious Swedish secretary to make our group up to five - she of course conveniently fell ill at the last minute and couldn't come. We flew to Guilin in southwest China and took the fabled boat trip along the River Li - the famous Chinese landscape of misty mountains rising from the water, cormorant fishermen and rural life along the riverbank. It was bitterly cold but we hung out on deck anyway, awestruck by the scenery. We ended up in the village of Yangshuo, which seemed to have hardly changed in the centuries. As we turned around the main village street, this 'snake' of Chinese kids led by their teacher appeared, a double line of small children holding hands and holding on to coat tails of the child in front to keep the line together. My father was so struck by the 'Chineseness' of the scene that he felt compelled to paint them. I realise now that this is a scene of Chinese life that has gone on forever - we were very lucky to see that place before it changed and became overrun with tourists. So many of my father's paintings capture scenes of Irish life in years gone by; this is one of small-town China. Denise Maguire (Artist's Daughter) November 9th, 2020
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