Maurice Harron
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File:'Hands Across the Divide' sculpture, Derry.jpgHands Across the Divide/ Reconciliation, Derry]]
Maurice Harron (born 1946) is an artist, educator and public sculptor from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was educated at St Columb's College and at the Ulster College of Art and Design in Belfast.
He has completed dozens of monuments in Ireland, the UK and in the USA. Notable commissions include Reconciliation/Hands Across the Divide in Carlisle Square, Derry, Let the Dance Begin in Strabane, the Irish Famine Memorial on Cambridge Common, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Red Hugh O'Donnell in Roscommon, Grainne in Heritage Green park, Chicago and CS Lewis Square in Belfast.
References
- [http://www.mauriceharron.net/ Maurice Harron website]
- [http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/publicart/tour/tour27.htm Let the Dance Begin]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204709/http://www.irishheritagetrail.com/famine_camb.htm Irish Famine Memorial, Cambridge, MA]
- Grainne, Chicago [https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/grainne-artwork]
- CS Lewis Square opening [https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/aslan-mane-attraction-as-cs-lewis-square-is-opened/35236915.html]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312212154/http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Press%20Releases/220305-jlocke.htm Josef Locke sculpture, Derry]
External links
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- [http://www.mauriceharron.net www.mauriceharron.net]
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Category:Sculptors from Northern Ireland
Category:Male sculptors from Northern Ireland
Category:Artists from Derry (city)