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Winston MacQuoid (b. Glasgow, Scotland, UK - d. Ireland 1984)attended art schools in Belfast, Nantwich and London. His first solo show was held in Belfast in 1924, when he was only 14. A well-known portrait artist from the 1930s (his sitters included Osbert Sitwell, Lady Cunard and Sir Edward Marsh) he developed a lifelong admiration for the oils of John Constable. In 1969 he moved to Ireland.