Cork arts figures pay tribute to late painter Maurice Desmond
The late Maurice Desmond at Henchy's Bar, St Lukes, in Cork in 2009 for a charity art auction.Picture: Des Barry
Maurice Desmond was a stalwart of the Irish arts scene for over fifty years. Born in Co Louth, he studied at Limerick School of Art and won a first prize for his painting at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1969.
He settled in Cork, with his partner Deirdre Meaney, an artist and educator who predeceased him in 1999, and devoted himself to painting full-time. An early interest in figuration eventually gave way to an engagement with the landscape that sustained his interest over the next several decades.
