Biography
Winston McQuoid (b. Glasgow, Scotland, UK 1909 - 1984) attended art schools in Belfast, Nantwich and London. His first solo show was held in Belfast in 1924, when he was only 14. He painted landscapes and townscapes but by the 1930s onwards he became a well-known portrait artist - his sitters included Osbert Sitwell, Lady Cunard and Sir Edward Marsh. In 1969 he moved to Ireland.
